Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

Thousands of rare and sculptural desert plants are cultivated in a surreal, open-air landscape unlike anything else on Mallorca.

The only Native American intaglio left in Wisconsin.

Under a breathtaking Buddhist temple in Vietnam is a basement exhibit that takes visitors to hell and back.

A massive marble pedestal is all that remains of a column that towered over Constantinople for 1300 years.

This museum shaped like a manuscript tells how the seven kingdoms combined to form a single desert nation.

These palatial ruins said to be inspired by Cambodia's Angkor Wat have been turned into a significant religious temple.

The quiet resting place of a rock and roll legend.

These unique and ever-changing caves are a wonder of Iceland.

A statue for a zoo that was never built.

Sprawling archeological site of an 8th-century Islamic castle.

A meticulously restored Wichita home designed by the most renowned American architect of the 20th century.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

The devil-defying mark left by a saint as a boy is visible inside Lisbon's cathedral.

At this bright and vibrant museum in Mexico City, you can make your own custom scent.

The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.

A public library display of fossils from the ice age.

The largest known wine barrel of the medieval era is visible from the street in Gubbio.

Iguanas roam in a lagoon inside a volcanic crater that erupted more than 2200 years ago.

The home and studio of one of Japan's most avant-garde artists is now a museum showcasing his surreal works.

One of America's oldest continuously operating hotels offers a blend of rich history and historic architecture in the heart of Annapolis.

Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.

An installation tells of the horrific 1964 tsunami that devastated Crescent City, California.

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.