Places rattustrap Wants to Go

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

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

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.