Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

Over 400,000 birds spend their summers nesting on this small Arctic island.

When North America was covered in ice, this was an oasis in the frozen desert.

Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

Everything in this two-story house—down to the mounted deer head on the wall—was carefully crafted from concrete.

No one knows the origins of the mysterious stone ruins discovered on a hillside in Halifax.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

The final resting place of the renowned, eccentric artist doesn’t even include his name.

For more than a century, this hole-in-the-wall near Termini Station has been serving what some say is the greatest porchetta sandwich.

Fried artichokes and other Roman–Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.