Places minac Wants to Go

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."