Places Wansmaak Wants to Go

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

For the holidays, the tallest broadcasting tower in the Netherlands turns into one of the world's tallest Christmas trees.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

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

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.