Places alessandralee Wants to Go

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

This garden is very fertile.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

Everything in this two-story house—down to the mounted deer head on the wall—was carefully crafted from concrete.

For more than 70 years, this small shop has been a go-to for Kolkata's fountain pen connoisseurs and collectors.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.