Places flblom Wants to Go

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

An archaeological treasure trove towers over the valley of Chiavenna.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.