Places Nistar Wants to Go

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

A small Oslo museum dedicated to failed products, bad ideas, overhyped inventions, and the strange lessons hidden inside them.

Burgers and fries in the shadow of a dreaded Nazi symbol.

A smug-looking cat representing an humorous Russian expletive.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

Resting place of the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Part of the wall is preserved in the aptly named Parque de Berlín in Madrid.

An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

The home of Mario and his friends

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

The site of a famous samurai duel.

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.