Places onoma Wants to Go

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

A 66-million-year-old rock formation stands tall over Mumbai, offering stellar city views.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

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

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.