Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.

This longship was a gift to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the Anglo-Saxons arrival in England.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

An outlet for connecting to memories of lost loved ones and saying goodbyes you never got to say.

This 18th-century water provider for Aranjuez was refurbished in 2013 only to be neglected again.

The best-preserved beehive tombs in Oman with spectacular backdrop.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

An undeciphered text is inscribed on a mysterious stone slab.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

Maze-like streets filled with vibrant murals draw visitors to this Istrian town.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

A lava tube cooled to form this long tunnel that stays chilly even at the height of summer.

A mountaintop shrine-temple guarded by a horde of half-demon priests.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

This abandoned but well-preserved Prussian fortress sits abandoned in a Polish forest near the German border.

This secluded village in the Andean wilderness can't be accessed by road.

One of the few surviving gates into Old Goa, the former capital of Portuguese India.

A Bauhaus co-founder designed this quirky, abandoned granary.