Places Renate Wants to Go

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

A white oak with property rights.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.