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.
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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.
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.
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.
House in the Clouds
Originally a water tower disguised as a house, this tall, isolated structure rises above the Suffolk landscape like something from a dream or Studio Ghibli film.
Treehotel
Suspended high among the pines of Swedish Lapland, Treehotel offers a collection of uniquely designed treerooms so surreal, they appear like portals within the woodland.
Marble Caves (Capillas de Mármol)
Smooth, swirling, seemingly endless marble caverns carved by the turquoise waters of Lago General Carrera in Chilean Patagonia. The polished rock walls and shifting light create a dreamy, otherworldly space, where one would almost expect to meet a mermaid.
Eden Project
Built inside a former china clay pit, the Eden Project’s massive hexagonal biomes house rainforest and Mediterranean environments. The combination of futuristic transparent architecture, controlled climate, elevated walkways and dense vegetation produces a strong sense of being inside a carefully curated, optimistic future.
Wat Samphran Dragon Temple
Striking 17-storey pink cylindrical tower with a gigantic green dragon, coiled around it. Visitors can climb the hollow body of the dragon, emerging near the creature’s head at the top of the tower.
