Places ELL Wants to Go

A wonderful museum on the site of the historic Black Bear Mine on the back of Red Mountain.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

A unique project to help restore coral reefs in Bali.

Visitors to this museum will find architectural oddities, an art gallery, and an unlikely bird sanctuary.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

A construction mishap at this narrows on the Fraser River rendered it impassable to many migrating fish species, with international consequences.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

An eclectic retreat speckled with whimsical folk art.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

First Nations’ foodways are front and center at this food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar.