Places thelordwinter Wants to Go

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

This cave resembles the Star Wars Jedi master.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.

This replica of a Sarajevo fountain stands at the heart of the world’s largest Bosnian diaspora community.

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.