Places hannabe Wants to Go

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

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

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

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

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.