Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

This diminutive yet beautiful local stepwell once yielded enough water to irrigate the lush fields of the village.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

A unique museum dedicated to the famed Soviet director and other cinema greats.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.