Places mikedominelli Wants to Go

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

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

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.