Places elainemellis Wants to Go

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

The giant metal fruit was once the symbol of a large farm.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

Strange rumors surround the artist who created these solemn metal guard dogs.

In this museum, visitors are invited to touch the art.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

One of the most important Celtic-Roman archaeological sites in Spain.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

An 11th-century Byzantine church with medieval Serbian history and spectacular views.

A hyper-remote desert cave dramatized in "The English Patient."

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

These natural cliffs look like they are a part of an old castle complex.

A century-old stone hermitage overlooks this remote pass in the Hoggar mountains, surrounded by a landscape of eroded volcanic cores.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.