Places Kooni Wants to Go

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

The remains of a British railway rusting in the jungle mist of a Brazilian mountainside.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

This small town specializes in a rainbow of corn snacks.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

This sculpture is a cross between an observatory and an earth mound to honor the community's rich history.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

A puppy slum that protects canines from the cruelties of the human slums.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.