Places ariellemia Wants to Go

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.