Places NG3894 Wants to Go

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

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

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

Once the extravagant escape of the Ford family, this enigmatic ruin now stands as a haunting reminder of its former glory.

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

Picturesque and haunting, these 160-year-old stone ruins on top of a bluff are the only remains of a settler's legacy.

This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.