Places IvyMike Wants to Go

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

It's home to the antenna that received the first images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

A mysterious architectural gem in one of the most elegant areas of Buenos Aires.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.