Places mikkitta Wants to Go

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

A unique Shinto shrine filled with bunnies and wordplay.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

This ancient burial site was once thought to be the home of a race distinctive to Ainu folklore.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.