Places ktknoll Wants to Go

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.

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

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

A mile-long trail of pottery culture, full of clay pipes and lucky cats, including one that’s 12.5 feet tall.

A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

The largest privately owned statue of Buddha in Japan, built by a total amateur, with an unconventional look.

The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Once known for its eerie appearance, this semicircular monument is all that remains of a Tokyo industrial icon.

This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.

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

Installed in 1965, this whimsical slide has spawned a brood of “octopus mountains” across Japan.

The enigmatic symbol on this incineration plant's smokestack is, in fact, a one-of-a-kind clock.