Places Thalia Wants to Go

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.