Places Lena Wants to Go

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Whimsical sculptures and caves chiseled by nature over the millennia.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.