Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

Home to works by notable Mexican artists and an underwater mosaic of the pre-Columbian goddess Gaia.

This taberna has been frying up crunchy salt cod since 1860.

Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.

Artifacts from the golden days of the circus reside in a small Indiana town.

One of Hollywood's most iconic actresses was born in an upscale Brussels neighborhood in 1929.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

A museum dedicated to the centuries-old cave dwellings that housed marginalized communities on the outskirts of the former capital of Muslim Spain.

A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

This mysterious anthropomorphic statuette is on display at the National Museum of Oman.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

This sculpture in Valencia features 22,000 tiny, obsidian blue figures that pay homage to the Lady of Elche.

Though they might seem like arbitrary scratches in the wall, these were once official measures of length.

One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.

A mosaic armchair and ottoman built from china broken in the Christchurch earthquakes.

Palestinian-style savory breads and fine patisserie are served with a generous side of hospitality.