Places Populaatti Wants to Go

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

This island only appears in winter once the surrounding waters have frozen over.

Every winter, this former planetarium is transformed into a massive, brightly-lit Christmas ornament.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

This narrow street is packed with street vendors and bars selling chicha.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

Colombia's first concrete structure doubles as a replica of Versaille's Petit Trianon Belvedere and a symbol for development.

Erected in 1803, it is the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.

Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

This century-old, single-screen cinema still puts a 1937 Compton organ to good use.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

Several rooms flooded with 35mm film reel.

According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

17th century palace once a meeting place for politicians.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.