Places daratheodora Wants to Go

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient Roman religious cult contains an exquisite traditional fresco.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

The excellent acoustics of this natural amphitheater made it a popular preaching spot for the founder of the Methodist Church.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.