Places Birbholder Wants to Go

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

This garden is very fertile.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.