Places immatthewpelton Wants to Go

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Marikina's record-breaking loafers.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.