Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

Rocks carved with biblical passages in the 1800s.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.

The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

A Brooklyn exhibit all about Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding in 1994.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

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

The longest hedge maze in the world.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.