Places zacharymbest Wants to Go

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.