Places shatteredpools Wants to Go

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Temple of a million beers.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

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

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A student driver's nightmare.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.