Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.

A replica of fossils believed to be the first scientifically-described dinosaur bones found in North America.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

The oldest operating picture gardens in the world.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.

This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.

This humble bench is considered the most beautiful in the world.

Nestled among the bamboos in a temple complex, this art installation serves as a unique memorial to insects.

Absolutely no saxophones in the library.

A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.

A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.

Housed in a stunning Victorian building, this museum has the largest exhibition of knives, blades, penknives, and scissors in Spain.

Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

Explore an eerie, abandoned medieval citadel.