Places angellj1976 Wants to Go

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

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

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

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.