Places bleachedrhodopsin Wants to Go

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

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

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.