Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

An artist has turned what most people would consider a bathroom nightmare into a work of political art.

An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.