Places venicedoll Wants to Go

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

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

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

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

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.