Places kathykate Wants to Go

Discover the mummified remains of Ancient Egypt in the middle of metropolitan Tokyo.

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

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

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

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

A museum housed in a stunning Rockefeller-funded medical institute building from the 1930s.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

A serene memorial that honors the adventurous spirits of climbers who lost their lives in the High Tatras.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

A quirky monument to the 49th parallel in downtown Prešov, Slovakia.

Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.