Places flblom Wants to Go

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

Locals say the stone that marks the spot where the gallows once stood can lead you astray.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.