Places flblom Wants to Go

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

A miniature shrine in the busy corner of Tokyo's historic Broadway, honoring a sextet of unusual entertainment gods.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A beloved horticultural oasis on the grounds of a wealthy family's former estate.

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

A totally unique, animatronic depiction of the Australian gunslinger's last stand.

This small, lush island has a long and bloody history.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Stained-glass windows inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings decorate this church in the town where the artist's career began.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

Dozens of playful sculptures blanket these 200 rolling acres of farmland in an ode to art and landscape.

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

Once an aquarium, this sanctuary now rescues sharks and rays from fishing nets.

This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

A 19th-century church in South Mumbai built to commemorate those who died in the First Anglo-Afghan War and the retreat from Kabul in 1842.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.