Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Destructive children, start your engines.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

The site of Mexico’s last civilian execution is now a museum dedicated to regional history.

These ancient Roman burial mounds have stood the test of time.

Enjoy a slice under the midnight sun at the world’s northermost Domino’s.

This ancient tomb was discovered during the construction of a Turkish supermarket and was preserved.

A massive underground palace containing a colossal reclining Buddha statue and the only Buddha parietal bone relic in the world.

This immaculately preserved church from late antiquity was originally the mausoleum of the Emperor Constantine's daughter.