Places helenthemelon25 Wants to Go

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

An eighteenth-century fantasy where monkeys, dragons, and Chinese courtiers emerge from walls made entirely of porcelain.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

An architectural anomaly that preserves the chilling history of medieval ascetics who chose to be buried alive.

Historical marker at the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

The hillside where Edvard Munch experienced the panic attack that inspired “The Scream” offers one of the most striking evening views in Oslo.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

A small Oslo museum dedicated to failed products, bad ideas, overhyped inventions, and the strange lessons hidden inside them.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

Centuries before masks and sanitizer, Oslo’s oldest public monument remembers its last plague dead.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

A cannonball fired during a war against Sweden is wedged in the wall of this old post office.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

Once silenced for being off-key, this bell has found a new voice as an interactive public artwork.

Here ended one of the most ambitious North Pole expeditions in Arctic history.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

Sturdy scales are a surprising thing to find in a modern European city.