Places Renate Wants to Go

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

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

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

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

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.