Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.

Believed to be the former location of one of the earliest Viking assemblies in Europe.

An artist crafted this lonely left hand as an imagined relic from Singapore's history.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

These ruins on Mont Tantané dates back to the Iron Age, but there is limited evidence for why a village was built so far from water or other resources.

An architectural relic that survived the hands of time.

This bronze statue commemorates the life of the first Black American to publish a novel in the United States.

Discover the mummified remains of Ancient Egypt in the middle of metropolitan Tokyo.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

Just off the road outside Baguio, a gigantic lion's head carved into a mountain greets those driving by.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The world's only known button museum.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.