Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

The remains of the observatory of the Danish astronomer who first measured the speed of light.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.