Places flblom Wants to Go

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

The tallest tower in Cáceres's Old Town.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.