Places scrippsgrrl Wants to Go

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Tatsuo Miyajima shares a philosophical appreciation for life with the latest human technologies.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.