Places etiennebara Wants to Go

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

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

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

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

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.