Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

This remote Moravian mission brought Christianity—as well as devastation—to the Inuit people.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

The last remains of the extinct Beothuk people native to the island of Newfoundland.

A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

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

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A French museum of wrought iron.

Lego blocks now patch Rouen's WWII scars.