Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A unique collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and everything in-between.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

An incredibly durable timepiece glows beneath shoppers' feet.

A Finnish artist's unique fauna statuary.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.