Places pikapika Wants to Go

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

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

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.