This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The middle finger of modernity.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

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

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

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

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

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

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.