Places johnw404 Wants to Go

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This early 19th-century graveyard is the final resting place of Vincent van Gogh's mother.

One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.

A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

Dutch woodpile home in the forest.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.