Places flblom Wants to Go

Newfoundland's last remaining granite lighthouse.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Former home to Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka's dazzling Art Deco duplex studio.

A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

This unusual "magical shrine" honors a legendary raccoon-dog god that stowed away to Japan from some far-off land.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

All that remains of the former site of the final home of president Franklin Pierce.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

This heritage museum highlights the importance of the dairy cow as a vital part of rural Maryland's past, present, and future.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

Beautifully decorated tarot cards from the Middle Ages.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

Angels and demons watch over newspapers in this deconsecrated church.

The smallest chapel in Europe is a moving testament to the love between a husband and wife.

This museum and former department store is home to the largest collection of A.R. Mitchell art in the world.

Various accidents and illnesses fell upon the developers who tried to remove these historic trees.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.