Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

A chimeric bronze demon, embodying the chaotic spirit of a new millennium.

This is the location of the U.S. Radium Corporation where the “Radium Girls” worked, became sickened by radiation poisoning, with many dying horrible deaths.

The decaying giant of Ulster’s lost linen empire.

A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.

This rural Australian museum is dedicated to all things pinball.

The first inhabitants of this remote town faced a grisly death.

A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!

This remarkably preserved historic structure stands as the last surviving remnant of Corstorphine Castle.

A museum inside a Byzantine island monastery.

Time has expired for eternity at this gravesite with a sense of humor.

A privately owned Benedictine estate founded in 987, where a Tudor gatehouse and rare medieval guest house survive within a living historic manor in the Dorset village famous for its ancient chalk giant.

A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.

Deep in the Richloam wilderness, a century-old country store is stocked with plenty of stories.

Dozens of giant mermaids are hidden across Florida’s coast in parks, yards, and beaches.

Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.

Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.

One of the world’s largest suspended aquariums, located in Dubai Mall.

Montana’s first and only Alpine coaster.

The old Workhouse in Ripon was the last resort for the poor of the district from 1834 until the birth of the British welfare state in the mid 20th century. It is now a poignant museum reminding us of the harshness of the Victorian poor law regime.

A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.

A breathtaking mountain peak offering panoramic Himalayan views after a scenic forest hike through pine-covered trails and flower-filled meadows.

This tiny Palencian village has two churches described as "Ermita" with the larger one known as the "Cathedral of Rock Romanesque".

A historic engineering feature in a spectacular setting leading to a hike through the Spanish "Colorado" up to a geological wonder on the plateau above.

This former railway station is now an impressive cultural and retail centre and a magnet for railroad history fans