Places larissahayden Wants to Go

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

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

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

You'll find rocket launchers, not rollercoasters, at Russia's “military Disneyland.”

Destructive children, start your engines.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.