Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.

Row through this enchanted narrow chasm whose stones are said to resemble dragon scales.

The remains of what was once the world’s largest spinning mill.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.

Not just another old printing press; it's a place of cultural resistance and a history of the city.

A natural bridge formed by limestone travertines in Armenia's Vorotan River Canyon.

This 19th century cotton-gin factory has been repurposed into an artist space and cultural center, complete with goats.

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

Historic Lee family homestead built in 1785, later serving as a private home and a Civil War hospital.

Wisconsin’s oldest Chinese restaurant, still glowing beneath its historic neon sign.

Wander through a subtropical island rich with 19th-century colonial architecture, grand pianos, and the reassurance that you won't encounter automobiles.

North Dakota's smallest store only has tiny items.

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

This scenic road offers breathtaking mountain pass views and a quirky “magic road” illusion.

A cannonball fired during a war against Sweden is wedged in the wall of this old post office.

Michigan's oldest operating hotel predates the state itself.

This building was recently restored to its original 1908 design, showing the old style of Russian summer houses.

A small square that sheds its troubled recent history with its surrounding artworks, some of which are not without controversy.

The largest carved family tree in Europe is 135 square meters.

An underground unique sacred place in the Kazakh steppe in which Sufism and nomadic tradition merge.

Explore Zimbabwean art in the heart of Colorado.

In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

Tatsuo Miyajima shares a philosophical appreciation for life with the latest human technologies.