Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

An extraordinary collection of artifacts spanning 500 years of medical history.

A museum dedicated to the stories and folklore of Småland, Sweden.

This roadside installation gives travelers a chance to stretch their legs. Don't worry—it doesn’t bite!

This statue of the Virgin and Child is said to have miraculously changed its position during the 1692 earthquake.

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.

A well was built by the Spanish before their conquest of Mexico.

This sensational silver temple is the product of centuries of metalworking.

A small town that began as a western movie set.

The heart of Little Saigon in Orange County is also the first and largest Vietnamese shopping center in the U.S.

An eccentric castle with snake protectors and spectacular views of Beppu.

A Buddhist nunnery perched high above Kathmandu Valley in the foothills of the Himalayas.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

Stroll among more than 50 large-scale sculptures created by world-class artists.

This concert venue and educational trailblazer transforms kids through music.

Collection of still-functioning printing presses from the 18th to 20th centuries.

This lopsided, earthquake-damaged temple stands as a testament to Taiwan’s resilience.

This hillside mushroom farm shares land with a Buddhist monastery.

Its collection features not only Christian-themed art but also works made by members of the clergy.

Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.

A remote field of nearly pristine sand dunes in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

Ancient cave temple near a massive Buddha statue.

This temple, in the oldest area of Pune, may date back to the second century.

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.