Places Vrielinkie Wants to Go

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Canadian centennial project designed to gather information about UFOs.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

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

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

Memorializing the bravery of one young woman facing the monster of her age.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.