Monks Mound (Cahokia)
A four-sided earthen platform the size of a pyramid base, rising about 100 ft out of the ground, with a concrete staircase appearing to lead up into the sky – like a real life stairway to heaven.
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Newgrange
A 5,000-year-old passage tomb in the Boyne Valley whose long stone corridor leads to a dark inner chamber, aligned so that sunrise at the winter solstice briefly fills it with light.
Wat Rong Khun (White Temple)
A contemporary Buddhist temple complex outside Chiang Rai, built entirely in glittering white and mirror mosaic, with a bridge over a “hell” pit of reaching hands.
Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A small cemetery chapel in Kutná Hora whose lower chamber is decorated with the bones of tens of thousands of people. Chandeliers, pyramids, coats of arms and garlands, all made of skulls and femurs.
HallgrÃmskirkja
ReykjavÃk’s landmark Lutheran church: a tall, pale concrete tower that stands upon the hill of Skólavörðuholt, looms over the capital city and appears to pierce the (usually) grey sky above.
Liwet Asep Stroberi Kadungora
A cluster of giant bright-red strawberry buildings with yellow seeds and green leafy tops sits on a grassy mound under a clear blue sky, creating one of the most playfully surreal and kidcore liminal scenes in West Java.
Gardens by the Bay
Enormous climate-controlled glass biomes filled with mist, elevated walkways and carefully lit vegetation. The combination of curved glass, soft lighting and empty paths creates a strong sense of being inside a controlled, possibly rendered environment that feels straight out of an early-2000s vision of the future.
Sunshine Aquarium, Tokyo
A rooftop aquarium high above the streets of Ikebukuro, where soft blue lighting, transparent walkways and fish tanks sit against a backdrop of the city skyline.
ICEHOTEL
Rebuilt every winter from ice and snow harvested from the Torne River, the ICEHOTEL exists only for a few months before melting back into the landscape. Its silent, fluorescent lit corridors and artist-carved suites feel temporary and fleeting, and like waking up inside of a winter wonderland only ever spoken about in fairytales.
Book And Bed Hotel, Osaka
A bookworm fever dream, where guests sleep in cubbies built into bookshelves, that feel halfway between a library and a capsule hotel.
