Places Olndskan Wants to Go

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Curated with the cooperation of the passengers and their families, this museum tells the story of the 29 victims and 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.

An epic sculpture depicting a wagon and straining oxen.

A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.

This historic stadium was built to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup.

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

A mosaic armchair and ottoman built from china broken in the Christchurch earthquakes.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

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