Places cosmobacon13 Wants to Go

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Try Taiwan's iconic Apple Bread—which traditionally contains no apples—at the bakery that invented it.

You can still see bits of the camouflage used to hide this Art Deco building from bombers during World War II.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

A vintage media store and safe haven for cinema buffs who love 16mm films shown on vintage projectors.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

Ancient site of Mongolian Shamanism located near a road leading out of Ulaanbaatar.

These 4,444 wooden steps straight up a mountain were built to serve a hydroelectric power station but these days, they're mostly used by hikers.

An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.