Places elainemellis Wants to Go

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.

The summer residence of a Spanish ambassador who brought viticulture to an impoverished region, sparking its transformation into one of the world's best wine regions.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.

These natural stone bridges are the largest on the European continent.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.

A pair of mysterious, unusually polished cave temples with an ancient gold legend.

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

This three-dimensional brick mural is the longest of its kind in the United States.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

An omelette made with over 1,000 eggs may have been prepared when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V visited this monastery.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.