Places sweetm917 Wants to Go

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

Temple of a million beers.

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

This Hindu temple is an architectural marvel designed and built according to ancient Indian principles.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.