Places OiNeb Wants to Go

Relocated graffiti- and street-art exhibition space in a former national railway warehouse.

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

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

This bed and breakfast is steeped in history and offers guests a unique way to experience nature—glass igloos on a frozen lake.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

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

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A tiny street lined with eleven distinct Tanuki statues, each representing a different wish.

This shrine, built to protect against destructive waves, is home to two monumental lion heads.

Thousands of foxes are said to gather and parade across the neighborhood of Ōji on New Year’s Eve.

A colorful, architectural experiment designed to increase a resident's longevity.

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

The longest pedestrian tunnel in the world.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.