Places slieschke Wants to Go

This underground power plant looks more like a super-villian's lair than a public work.

A remote landmark named for a whimsical photograph taken by a 1850s photographer and his crew of graffiti artists.

A small museum in Newfoundland is home to a 227-foot tapestry that preserves the remote region's colorful history.

This quirky museum celebrates the history of a local cod fishing industry.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

One of Mother Nature’s geological gems, home to many prehistoric fossils.

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.