Places minxlj Wants to Go

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.

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

The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

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

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

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

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.