Places Velvis Wants to Go

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The oldest stone lion in Okinawa survived a major battle during World War II.

Once a huge limestone cave that collapsed thousands of years ago, this scenic ravine is also an important archaeological site.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

Archaeologists continue to debate whether this site yielded the oldest human remains in Japan.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

All that remains of Okinawa's royal temple are a restored gateway and a tall banyan tree.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

A World War II battle site made famous by one man's heroic actions.