Places mordekia Wants to Go

A bronze memorial to Tallinn’s most famous, and most elusive, stray dog, erected while he was still alive.

The sculpture of a man sitting in the middle of the square holds great significance for the young nation of Kosovo.

A hauntingly preserved early 20th-century industrial flour mill featuring a grand central tower, ornate spiral staircases, and original milling machinery left untouched.

It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

Its a memorial to the beloved, ugly carpet that adorned the Portland airport (PDX) for 30 years.

It is the oldest remaining stairway William Penn created to give Philadelphia citizens access to the port area.

A station imagined at the speed of light, where familiar fixtures slip out of place.

Over 80 miniature sculptures around Uzhhorod old town that depict Transcarpathian history and culture.

A monorail that was built to serve a new development but technical problems, lack of users, and a pandemic caused it to be closed and abandoned.

At one of Oslo’s most-visited buildings, few notice the painting that has mocked its architect for 70 years.

This beloved piece of street art mysteriously vanished, only to reappear in its original location after some much-needed TLC.

Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.

A 5,000-pound fiberglass channel catfish perches on the banks of the Red River, occasionally taking a swim when spring floodwaters rise.

Pick up the receiver of this ordinary-looking phone booth and more than ten hours of voices, music, laughter and memories from the past come unexpectedly back through the line.

It's a fantastical local history museum with real stories -- including the first, and longest operating, traffic signal.

The façade of Soviet Azerbaijan's state printing house is shaped like an open book, inlaid with writing systems from Egyptian hieroglyphs to a Mayan calendar.

The master of westerns can be found in...the coastal city of Portland?

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

There are over 12,000 Buddha statues at this temple complex that has been mistakenly labeled a monastery.

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

A solitary arbor with a unique pedigree.

One of only a few red brick buildings in Nice.

With remarkable nonchalance, this modest park in Alcorcón brings Greek mythology and astronomy together

Nestled among towering redwoods on Skyline Boulevard, the Mountain House combines over a century of California history with a warm, rustic atmosphere that makes every meal feel like a getaway.