Places queensissy Wants to Go

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

This Canadian exhibit with claims as the largest one man taxidermy collection in North America.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Hand-powered race of alternative forms of transportation.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

A lake at the bottom of the ocean.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.