Places alexisr Wants to Go

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.