Places flblom Wants to Go

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

A rare labyrinth-style path carved into a historic hill.

In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.

The curious flowers of this hard-to-find tree are shaped like little hands.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

Haunted by its violent past, this colonial bastion was the largest Spanish military installation in the Americas.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

A monument dedicated to the unrecognized Black "mother" of modern medicine.

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.

Definitely not a clown bar.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

Malaysia's oldest coffee roaster is also a historical landmark.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.