Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

A heritage park that explores the history and ecology of Whangārei.

The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

A 5,000-year-old city in Peru holds the remains of a stunning set of astronomically-aligned pyramids.

This historic Ellinwood hotel is also home to underground tunnels that were a popular haunt during Prohibition.

This enormous ode to sport fishing overlooks the region.

Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.

Stroll around the headstones of notable figures from Knoxville's history, as well as towering monoliths and melancholic headstones.

Believed to be the capital of the the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata.

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

This walk to the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by modern statues of Mochica Gods.

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

The site where the Emperor of Korea performed the long-forbidden "rite of heaven" to demonstrate his absolute sovereignty.

A quirky hardware store filled with museum-worthy cars and motorcycles, including a motorcycle that set a land speed record in 1967.

This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.