Yamanouchi, Japan
Jigokudani Monkey Park
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Niigata, Japan
Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.
London, England
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
Waidhofen, Germany
A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Los Angeles, California
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.
Cape Town, South Africa
An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.
Sri Lanka
The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.
Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Elie, Scotland
The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.