Imagine walking through a town that looks like it leapt straight out of a fairy tale book. Pastel-colored houses with wooden beams, narrow cobbled lanes, and serene canals reflect the charm of another era. Welcome to Colmar, a gem tucked in the Alsace region of France — and one of the most Instagrammed towns in the country.

Nestled at the base of the iconic Mount Fuji lies a forest so quiet, so dense, and so steeped in mystery that it has earned the haunting nickname: The Suicide Forest. But beyond the rumors and media sensationalism, Aokigahara is a place of geological wonder, unusual silence, and magnetic peculiarity.