Places tyler Wants to Go

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

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

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.