Places alebrun Wants to Go

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

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

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.