Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism. 

This unconventionally beautiful landscape possesses stunning scenery you won't easily forget.