Places hannabe Wants to Go

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

The secluded resting place of a local historical figure who perished during the sinking of the Titanic.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.