Places goldelinemydear Wants to Go

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.