Places Kanashii Wants to Go

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

FIFA deemed this isolated field one of the most remarkable places to play the sport.

Moss-covered sculptures fill this small Brazilian gorge.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

A succinct inscription commemorates the ebb and flow of a woman's life.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.