Places Evelina Wants to Go

Where a Japanese government official issued transit visas to Jews fleeing from Nazi-occupied Poland.

This magnificent Art Deco church is a reflection of Lithuania’s turbulent history.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.