Places etiennebara Wants to Go

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.