Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."