Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

A replica of an early 19th-century vessel that sailed across the world.

Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.

Although not officially the world's tallest bin, this giant trash receptacle was designed to stop littering.

This coastal cavern is associated with the Hawaiian god of creation.

Horse cemetery on the grounds of Blarney Castle.

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.

These craggy limestone outcrops offer a glimpse at a unique piece of Florida geology.

This large stone off the coast of Martinique had a brief career in the Royal Navy.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.

This spectrum of a star was observed by one of the world's most accurate spectrographs. 

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

This short-lived tea and silk farm is believed to be the first permanent Japanese settlement in North America.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.