Places Nistar Wants to Go

Visit Finnish architect Matti Suuronen's first UFO-shaped home.

A celebration of one man’s obsession to collect the strangest items imaginable.

A massive, 76-foot-high version of a Van Gogh painting in Canada’s sunflower capital.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

A waterfront landing pad designated for unidentified flying objects still awaits its first guest.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.

An isolated village literally built into the crevices and rock formations of a mountain.

Super Robot anime statue guards a forgotten suburban development in Tarragona.

A small, family-friendly museum dedicated to the “god of special effects” who brought Godzilla to life.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Religious dwelling in a Spanish volcano.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

Crumbling World War II-era gun emplacements still stand near lighthouses on the Spanish coast.

This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.