Places Elizabeth Gartley Wants to Go

Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

Once the beating heart of a small Maine town, this old mill was revitalized in part thanks to a starring role in 'Jumanji.'

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

Palace, temple, and pyramid ruins mark the ancient Mesoamerican capital of Totonacapan.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.