Places lilbird Wants to Go

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

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

The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

A Brutalist monument in the middle of a housing estate by artist Victor Pasmore.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.