Places larasproat Wants to Go

Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.

Visit Taiwan’s badlands, which allows visitors to feel like they’re walking on the moon.

A remote Arctic mountain range is home to "granite cities" found almost nowhere else.

Look up as you explore Baku’s old town to find a monument to the local feline population.

Long before Moo Deng, this 17th-century waterfowl was a cultural sensation.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

This hand-built lake system has become a haven for birds.

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

Home to around 40 different species, this forest was also the setting for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Sidle up for this Chinatown watering hole for Thai moonshine accompanied by traditional live tunes.

An unofficial monument to the late King of Pop sits at the base of a Renaissance composer's statue

Wander through a subtropical island rich with 19th-century colonial architecture, grand pianos, and the reassurance that you won't encounter automobiles.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.