Places hannabe Wants to Go

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

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

Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

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

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.