Places Donny Pato Wants to Go

Hong Kong’s lone surviving ancient pagoda dates back to the 14th century.

A small Oslo museum dedicated to failed products, bad ideas, overhyped inventions, and the strange lessons hidden inside them.

From this scenic rockface, you can still see the paths Western pioneers followed.

The technology company Ericsson erected a real rune stone to mark the birthplace of the wireless technology.

Forgotten forts that were pivotal in Singapore’s military history.

This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity

A lineup of a dozen or so Japanese light tanks from WWII.

The highest mountain in Hokkaido was the setting for one of Japan’s strangest unsolved mysteries.

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

A small stone boy mischievously turns his backside toward the city’s most famous water carrier.

Hidden 2600-year-old Urartian tomb is located in close proximity to a busy shopping mall.

Art and concrete merge into a single entity within a WWII bunker that possesses a deeply storied and turbulent history.

A heritage-listed, cast-iron tower that was used for stripping out components of raw coal gas.

A museum celebrating mola textiles, the intricate art of the Guna people of Panama.

A tongue-in-cheek marker at the place where Robert Barr supposedly created Scotland’s favorite soft drink.

26 Chinese banyan trees cling dramatically to a stone wall, overhanging the street below.

Across Valencia lie the remains of three ancient fortifications built centuries apart: a Roman enclosure, an Islamic expansion, and a medieval Christian wall.

Oldest surviving milestone in Europe outside of the Roman Empire.

The largest Neo-Gothic church in rural Alberta.

This scenic reservoir is known colloquially as the “mirror of the sky.”

A small square that sheds its troubled recent history with its surrounding artworks, some of which are not without controversy.

The oldest floral clock in the world still functions today.

Wander through a subtropical island rich with 19th-century colonial architecture, grand pianos, and the reassurance that you won't encounter automobiles.

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.