Places anatolejolly Wants to Go

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

This whimsical garden filled with fairies and incredible creatures has been enchanting children—and adults—since the 1970s.

It's said that at this location, a Scottish poet met the Queen of the Fairies.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A magical world of elves and fairies tucked amongst the trees in Colombia.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

This magical trail takes visitors on a journey round miniature wooden houses on the picturesque Denmark River.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.