Places alexandregiess Wants to Go

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

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

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.