Places edibleimagination Wants to Go

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

The world's only underwater laboratory where "aquanauts" study oceanic life.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

This Oaxacan town is known for its colorful fantastical creatures hand-carved by local artisans.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.