Places flblom Wants to Go

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An army of sleeping knights sculpted by a self-taught local artist beautifully depict an old Czech legend.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.