Places KieraLee Wants to Go

Hundreds of pelicans call this island no larger than a car their home during the summer months.

Watch bison, elk, and other wild animals up close at this national park.

The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

This lesser-visited gallery in a corner of the Tokyo National Museum complex is an architectural beauty dedicated to the ancient treasures of Hōryū-ji.

This one-of-a-kind indie publisher-bookshop specializes in archiving historic red-light districts and niche cultural topics of the Shōwa era.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.