Places lorenpringle Wants to Go

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A memorial to the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.