Places Alexander Wants to Go

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.