Places alessandralee Wants to Go

The summer residence of a Spanish ambassador who brought viticulture to an impoverished region, sparking its transformation into one of the world's best wine regions.

This was the second largest mercury mine in the world and one of the oldest preserved mine complexes in Europe.

Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.

Apparently, Hell has waterfalls in Slovenia.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Cross mysteriously appeared for 36 years.

Annual technopop celebration of peace and love.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

Bizarrely-painted church designed by a controversial artist.

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.