Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.

A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

An independent bookstore and press with a large collection of local and English-language literature.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

These cliff-dwellings might be Mexico's least visited archaeological site.