Places Whatmon Wants to Go

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

There's light and a dreamlike panorama at the end of this tunnel.

This Metabolist, retro-futuristic residential complex resembles a cyberpunk space colony established on Earth.

Inaccessible by foot, Japan's most secluded train station sits in the middle of nowhere.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.