Places Kooni Wants to Go

This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

An oversized bluebird statue returns to its rightful place on Vilano Beach pier.

This striking pig statue was part of a 1993 guerilla art project against racism.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

An eerie gravel road full of shards of red bricks leads to the ruins of a deserted factory.

A collection of sculptures that explore what's at stake when nature is thrown out of balance.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.