During my research experience I have read a number of papers most of them of large interest. Some were interesting, but others were just impressive. They were impressive for me, from my personal perspective, given my background and my research interests. Some of them do not represent a main hallmark for the general scientific community (others do) but while reading them, I was simply fascinated by the ideas they communicated. Here is a list of scientific gems:
Towards building life
Patterns