Places etiennebara Wants to Go

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

The rubbery beast is sculpted from recycled materials.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

A collection documenting Nazi occupation of Norway, including a painting believed to be made by Hitler.