Places elsie44 Wants to Go

The only monument in Slovenia celebrating the famous writer, who stayed there for one night entirely by mistake.

A house that transports visitors back to Yugoslavia.

A fantastical display of Croatian folklore, mythology, and myths.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

This statue honors the groundbreaking writer for being the first female to support herself solely through her writing, as well as her time as a spy

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

What many consider the original prime meridian and westernmost point of the old world.

A rare venue to buy specialty maps.

The first mechanized factory in Spain is also one of the most significant mints in the history of money.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.