Places Rachel James Wants to Go

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

An underwater city for the dead.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

This is not your typical jungle gym.