Places alessandralee Wants to Go

This ancient goddess temple inspired the design of India’s Parliament House.

For over 40 years, this quaint little house has teetered on a rock in the middle of a river.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

An island said to shake with the current.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.