Places houseofballs Wants to Go

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

Berlin's old airport.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

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

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.