Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

A giant floating rubber duck-bunny painted with a different design every year.

This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

A 1:20 scale piece of the Netherlands commissioned by a queen lets visitors take a stroll as giants.

Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

The largest flower auction house in the world.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

This colorfully-painted tunnel links two distinct parts of a historic neighborhood.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.