Places Peter Groote Wants to Go

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

Just like in Hollywood, Madrid has also a forgotten walk of fame.

This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.