Places Dr Do Wants to Go

A monumental magenta installation looms over a tangle of roads and tracks, as controversial as it is conspicuous.

A sculpture of three large candles in the middle of the water of the river Smedjeån.

Nestled against the majestic Ba Mountain, this historic spiritual sanctuary features one of the tallest outdoor Buddha statues in Southeast Asia overlooking the ocean.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

An unusual sculpture with a meaning shrouded in mystery.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

One of the only places where Earth’s mantle lies above water.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

A face-like natural rock formation so well known, a pub was named in its honor.

This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This metal installation is a tribute to an ancient megalithic structure and South Yorkshire's steel history.

Winter and summer solstice aligned sculpture in the middle of nowhere.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.