Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

A French museum of wrought iron.

This former limestone quarry is now a subterranean wonderland of grand stonework.

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

A village of art and exotic creations.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.