Places 85wombats Wants to Go

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

These two giant boulders mysteriously perched on a 60-foot cliff may have been slung up there by a raging tsunami.

At 705 feet high, Brazil's "House of Stone" is the largest cave mouth in the world.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.