Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The magic's in the hole!

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.