Places jlauria Wants to Go

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

This nomadic monster has divided opinions as it prowls across Canada.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.