Places katemonkey Wants to Go

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.

This lonely memorial marks the supposedly haunted site of a brutal 19th-century murder.

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

This massive memorial commemorates those who died in the Manchester Arena bombing.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

Water-themed sculptures guard this unusually square structure.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

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.

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

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.