Places SomePlaceCool Wants to Go

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

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

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.