Places carofine Wants to Go

Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

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

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

This gnome sculpture and his wonderous hat forces train passengers to do a double-take.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

One of the largest statues in Israel was erected to protest pollution.

One of only three fountains created by the iconic architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

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

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.