Places ValarieD Wants to Go

Home of the "true" equator.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

There's something in the air as history repeats itself at this museum dedicated to the Swedish pop band.

A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

This 11th-century temple gave rise to the word "juggernaut," as well as some mysteries that defy scientific explanation.