Places Vaevin Wants to Go

Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A hidden alley with seven corners and handmade cat decorations.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

The headquarters of one of Japan’s leading astronomy research institutions features several historic observatory facilities and a 2,000-year-old burial mound.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The only natural gorge in metropolitan Tokyo, with lots of greenery and ancient burial chambers.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The train engine is tucked under an apartment building on a quiet Tokyo street.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.