Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.

Medieval streets buried beneath a papal fortress now form an underground city you can walk through.

A candle shop hiding a haunted basement once used as a monkey research lab.

This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.

Malaysia’s history and culture retold with hundreds of teddy bears.

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

A statue destroyed by a 1987 earthquake lies in pieces on a university campus.

This 18th-century pirates lair has been transformed into a museum and luxury event space.

Weathered remnants of a coastal saltworks.

A subterranean museum where mushrooms still grow in the tunnels of a centuries-old quarry.

A shopping mall housed in a historic cinema and hiding ancient ruins under its floors.

A museum dedicated to highlighting the extraordinary in ordinary lives.

This historic 17th-century site once served as a secluded meditation retreat.

A naturally heated pool steaming in the wild heart of Kosciuszko National Park.

Indiana’s largest prehistoric earthwork, aligned with the solstices.

A 19th-century home, embellished with gnomes.

An unlikely link between a quiet English town and Sydney’s skyline.

The private collection of tile gathered by an architect over 40 years.

Have a ball telling the time at this giant kinetic-energy clock.

A border town divided by the Hong Kong–China line, where entry still requires a special permit.

We're not in Kansas anymore: the Strabag headquarters has a playful upside-down addition.

Take a walk on Minnesota’s last historic covered bridge.

The birthplace of paper's industrial revolution, where machine-made paper began.

Hilltop modernist/folk art shrine and gardens dedicated to a Native American saint.