Places miodek Wants to Go

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."