Places nickblossom Wants to Go

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

From pink dolphins to underwater cities, this museum explores the unseen, mythical world of the Amazon river.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.

The oldest operating roller coaster of its kind, the Montaña Suiza has been thrilling riders since 1928.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.