Places etiennebara Wants to Go

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.