Places csieminski Wants to Go

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

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

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

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

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

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

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

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

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.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

Commercial aircraft storage facility, where you can see a TWA 747.

Hikers and walkers flock to this historic volcanic butte for its scenic desert views.

One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.