Places miodek Wants to Go

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

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

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

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.