Places tealeaves Wants to Go

A beautifully preserved and hidden 16th-century alleyway, tucked behind an unassuming door.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

Wisconsin’s oldest Chinese restaurant, still glowing beneath its historic neon sign.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

Thought to be Britain’s earliest purpose-built viewing station, this small hut frames a magical waterfall.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.