Places dczippy Wants to Go

Small glass tiles offering windows into the city's layered past.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The largest ongoing mosaic project in Europe.

Among Europe’s most spectacular Ice Age painted caves still accessible today.

A collection of miniatures made in the central-western region of Mexico.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

Stroll among more than 50 large-scale sculptures created by world-class artists.

The final resting place of the renowned, eccentric artist doesn’t even include his name.

A 19th-century stone carving welcomes hikers on a historical trail between mountain and sea.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

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

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.