Places p19amber Wants to Go

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

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

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.