Places IrajV Wants to Go

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

Considered one of the most haunted places in Europe, this 800-year-old castle was home to noble prisoners.

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.

Inside this church, a monument honors the first burial site of the famed philosopher.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

All of Thailand's architectural landmarks, plus some made up ones, all viewable via two-seater bicycle.

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.