Places christacarroll Wants to Go

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

A Finnish artist's unique fauna statuary.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

These 5,000-year-old cave paintings provide a glimpse into prehistoric Finnish life.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

This honeycomb-textured tafone looks like a petrified troll head.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

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

Fortifications built for a Soviet invasion that never came now sit abandoned in a losing battle against nature.

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

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

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.