Places thelordwinter Wants to Go

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.

Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.