Places flblom Wants to Go

Topped by a distinctive beehive dome, it’s been called by architectural historians and locals, “Brooklyn's Sacré-Cœur.”

A beautiful Georgian church alongside the Thames has a crypt in the basement, in which are buried the bodies of the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold, his wife Peggy, and their daughter Sophia.

Pick up the receiver of this ordinary-looking phone booth and more than ten hours of voices, music, laughter and memories from the past come unexpectedly back through the line.

A station imagined at the speed of light, where familiar fixtures slip out of place.

At one of Oslo’s most-visited buildings, few notice the painting that has mocked its architect for 70 years.

A 1600-year-old church carved into the rock, with painted frescoes from 900.

Harvey Milk's (the first openly gay person elected to public office in California) camera shop is now a queer community hub that celebrates his legacy and San Francisco's LGBTQ+ history, past and present.

This beloved piece of street art mysteriously vanished, only to reappear in its original location after some much-needed TLC.

This remarkable 125-year-old building has survived a bank heist, a rooftop dragon, and more than a century of changing businesses; today, it lives on as FairyCross Bottle Shop.

A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.

A bare tree in Riga’s Esplanāde is transformed into an extraordinary vertical neighbourhood by scores of colourful bird nesting boxes clustered across its trunk and branches.

This massive circular sculpture may not be a portal to other worlds, but it does inspire the mind to imagine them.

Founded in 1933, this creamery has produced world-class cheeses and was the first American creamery to win a world champion title at the World Cheese Awards.

Eight sides, one incredible story — the Gregg-Crites Octagon House is one of Circleville's most fascinating architectural treasures.

One of the country's largest cinemas that is not part of the tourist trail.

A small arthouse cinema in Bend, Oregon showing independent films in a tucked away historic alley

This modest lottery shop draws hopefuls all year long, but come Christmas season, lines wrap around the block.

Bunski Kanal is a hidden natural wonder where the emerald Buna River dramatically merges with the mighty Neretva through a narrow limestone channel.

Hidden on top of a ferry terminal is a nifty statue of three dolphins, and one of Hong Kong's best sunset viewpoints.

A humble monument outside a metro station to the greatest bullfighter in history

Beautiful Victorian mansion on Cardiff's outskirts was once the family home of a South Wales coal mining dynasty.

This quaint teahouse was founded in 1846 as a samurai’s failed attempt to avenge his brother

Small lakes provide outstanding reflective views of the Earl Mountains

This English country house was once a P.O.W. "resort" and base for spymasters during the Second World War