Places elfandhobbit Wants to Go

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The way these carnivorous dinosaurs are posed is an homage to a classic work of paleoart.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

This volcanic plug boasts the longest recorded history of any Scottish stronghold.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

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

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.