Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.

A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

The spot where the first living specimen of the coelacanth was discovered.

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

The largest collection of Frazetta originals in the world.

A statue that would be at home in Rome can instead be found in the heart of Norway's oldest city.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

Tucked away in this local museum is a piece of sporting equipment that dates to the 16th-century.