Places jlauria Wants to Go

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.