Places Thalia Wants to Go

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.

This gateway to subterranean Hanover plays jazz, pop and rock to surprised passersby.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

The colorful soil of Iran’s "Rainbow Island" attracts artists and nature lovers.

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.