Places LexaPayne Wants to Go

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

These quaint cottages feature built-in signaling devices for fishermen.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.