Places Perseus Rebelo Wants to Go

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.

Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country’s wood bison population.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.