Places alessandralee Wants to Go

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

A garden of massive sculptures sits in Jean Lindard's backyard.

A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.

A geothermal pool in North Iceland that is said to be the bathing spot of the legendary Grettir the Strong.

This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.

This historic Art Nouveau townhouse was the former home of the son of a famous chemical inventor and industrialist.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.