Places asdonkar Wants to Go

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Classic burger joint that’s been serving up sliders since 1952.

This 65,000-ton glacial boulder stands as a striking natural monument.