Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

A 13th-century stronghold that has fallen into ruin.

On a stretch of Danish coast known as "Cold Hawaiʻi," this fishing village has become a surfing town.

At the edge of the high desert, California's second-largest natural lake is home to a unique subspecies of trout adapted to its alkaline waters.

On a hill overlooking Loch Trool, a granite boulder marks the site where Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, defeated an English army.

This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.

Read a book with a glass of wine at this classically restored bar.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

An otherworldly art experience.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

Sometimes known as the little Niagara Falls of the Philippines.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

A replica of a 17th-century map of the stars stands in the courtyard of a Belgian university.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The ruins of a small church belonging to a powerful Scottish family still hold the remains of its patriarch.

A tribute to those that perished during the American Revolution.

Hiding in plane sight.

The triumvirate of postwar Korea—Kim Il-sung, Syngman Rhee, and Lee Ki-poong—once vacationed on this seaside peninsula.

A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

This stone spire holds a unique place in the region's history.