Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

Built in 1925, this glass-roofed shopping arcade is known for its modernist Italian architecture.

For more than 25 years, this Philadelphia store has been offering a wide selection of Victorian oddities and antiques.

See more than 150 sculptures, stained glass windows, and famous works of art all rendered in marzipan.

A 15th-century whalebone is tucked away in an unassuming corner of this medieval church.

Installed in 1965, this whimsical slide has spawned a brood of “octopus mountains” across Japan.

This museum is dedicated to preserving Minnesota's lake culture through displays of vintage watercraft and rotating exhibits.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

An oasis of beauty, tranquility and botanical research in the middle of Rome.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

The strange “kaiju” of Lake Imba that allegedly killed over a dozen men with a single strike of lightning.

The only thing these street signs will help you navigate is your imagination.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.

Sip colonial-era cocktails at this monthly recreation of a 1740 watering hole.

This small, independent museum documents the unique culture of Deaf people in the United States.

For many years, the river that Julius Caesar led his army across into Italy was lost until re-identified.

Pay your respects to three butterfat queens.

Eccentric sculptures made from repurposed materials peppers this former farm.

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

An architectural marvel that combines Gothic architecture with Indian elements.

It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.

For centuries, this town's hot springs have been embraced by rich and poor—and even by Popes.