Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.