Places alessandralee Wants to Go

This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

An eccentric park and pool.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

This museum’s collection includes rescued birds, fine art, and a collection of shrunken heads.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.