Places ellioturner42 Wants to Go

The only wooden pagoda remaining in South Korea is part of a Buddhist temple that was established in the year 553.

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.

This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Across Valencia lie the remains of three ancient fortifications built centuries apart: a Roman enclosure, an Islamic expansion, and a medieval Christian wall.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.

These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.

The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.

An ancient temple to the Hindu god Shiva surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery.

One of the few places where inexperienced snorkelers can spot a shark.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

This museum preserves the heyday of Puerto Rican coffee.

Archaeological sites and great food inside the island's largest mangrove forest.

This nearly abandoned "company town" is a ghost of Puerto Rico's once-lucrative sugar industry.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.