Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

What started as a display of antique hearses has grown into a museum exploring the history of the funeral industry.

This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.

The spherical grains of white quartz sand give every step on this Australian beach a distinctive sound.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

This educational and eco-friendly community is Iceland's "home of the sun."

This cauldron was said to be hidden inside a church after it was borrowed from a local witch.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

In the recreated studio of a visionary artist, a stone that may be more than meets the eye.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

A waterfall rushing through a lush fern gully in Australia's Tarra-Bulga National Park.

Home to herbal cosmetics, teas, and a unique set of dolls known as kitchen witches.

Only a few pieces remain of a grand 16th-century water clock that once announced the changing hours with the sound of bells, gongs, and drums.

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

There were once more than five stones in this ancient monument.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

Dedicated to a strange, local cryptid beloved by all.

A guardian spirit sculpture that once guarded the tomb of a 6th-century Korean king.

This 17th-century "unicorn" was cobbled together from the skull of a rhinoceros, the legs of a mammoth, and the horn of a narwhal.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

A historic structure that once housed pigeons used by farmers to help fertilize farmland.