Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.