Places Duncan Chappell Wants to Go

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

Residents of this seaside village are building a miniature 1:10 scale version of their historic town.

A replica of the beloved character's house, modeled after the author's own drawings.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

A father built this one-of-a-kind house in the shape of his son's race car.

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.

Legend says those who drink from this trickle of water are destined to return to Montserrat.