Places LexaPayne Wants to Go

This magical place built as an astronomical center starred as a James Bond villain's lair.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.