20 wacky destinations across the globe

Tourists with the travelling bug are likely to venture anywhere so here are a few slightly zany places to book a ticket.

Why not visit the largest tree house in the world known as the Minister’s Tree House in Crossville, Tennessee, in the United States. Visit the Lanzarote Vineyards, in Spain, covered by black ash and volcanoes where miraculously grapes grow there for wine. Northern Ireland has the amazing Giant’s Causeway in Antrim with its basalt columns and unique landscape. You can stay at the Dog Bark Park Inn in Cottonwood in the United States area of Idaho, which is a guesthouse in the shape of two beagle dogs.

If you’re not going to head to the summit of Mount Etna, in Sicily, then take the Circumetnea train on the 110km long railway, which runs around the base of the volcano.  Iglulodge is a great ice hotel in Southern Germany’s Allgäu Alps for all those romantics out there looking for an unusual getaway. Visit the upside-down house at the All-Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow built to resemble a typical European summer house but with all contents the wrong way around.

Salina Turda, in Romania, is a series of mines containing a number of museums with an amphitheatre and golf course. Dun Briste is a 50 metre high sea stack of rocks in the Irish town of Knockaun with a stunning cave, which has been hollowed out by the Atlantic Ocean. Venture to Casa do Penedo, which is a place that resembles a Stone Age building located in the Fafe region of northern Portugal.

Lake Hillier, in Australia’s Middle Island, is famous for its pink colour with its thick area of eucalyptus trees. A unique house can be found in Brunswick, in Germany, called The Rizzi House, painted in a graffiti-style and cartoonish way. The Socotra Island, in the Indian Ocean, is known for its unique species of flora and fauna and a must-see for its unique landscape.  The Capuchin crypt in Palermo, in Sicily, is probably one of the most unusual burial places one can visit with the remains of more than eight thousand people.

The Painted Forest of Oma is an artwork with trees painted by Agustin Ibarrola, a Basque painter, in a forest near Kortezubi in northern Spain.

Predjama Castle in Slovenia is located in the small village of Predjama and is an amazing Renaissance fortress, built within a cave. Visit the ancient village Zalipie, in Poland, for its small wooden cottages painted in the most vibrant colours.

Las Lajas Cathedral is a Roman Catholic basilica, near the Colombian city of Ipiales built inside a canyon where the Guitara River flows. Tasmania is an island state, in Australia, and has a stunning natural environment with some great parks. Iguazu Falls is on the border between Brazil and Argentina and is one of the widest waterfalls on earth and worth a visit to view its natural beauty.