Places benetruce Wants to Go

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A student driver's nightmare.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.