Places flblom Wants to Go

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.