Places LexaPayne Wants to Go

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

One of the most iconic sculptures in Caracas looks like a large orange ball suspended in the air.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

Two large eyes painted anonymously on a mountain overlooking the city pay homage to an old legend.

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

This cave system allegedly holds the "metallic library" of a lost ancient civilization.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Despite its grandiose name, this enigmatic first-century void under the town is no cave, and it's possibly not a palace either.

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.