Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

Twelve model temples sit inside this 900-year old Hindu complex.

The oldest known standing wooden building in the world is a chamber inside a burial mound.

Legacy of Isidoro Cruz Hernández, one of the most crucial artists in the history of the alebrijes craft in this town.

An extended zoological collection that doubles as a time capsule.

The oldest iron bridge in Japan is preserved and unassumingly placed over a pedestrian path.

This bullfighting museum is part of a bullfighting coliseum (plaza de toros) built in the 18th century.

Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

Local legend associates this large limestone chunk with a giantess, but archeologists say it may be the remains of a neolithic burial chamber.

Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.

You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.

Once a year, these 'visitor deities' chase away evil spirits with a phallic-shaped staff.

This ancient Roman town was revered for the healing waters of its sacred spring.

A chain coffee shop in Bulgaria that takes its Italian roots very seriously.

This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.

A whimsical shrine with a porcelain Torii gate, split in half by an active train line.

Weave yourself into over a thousand years of history at this textiles museum through demonstrations and a hands-on hataori experience on a traditional loom.

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

Visit Finnish architect Matti Suuronen's first UFO-shaped home.

Tune into an alternate universe at this immersive art installation.

A celebration of one man’s obsession to collect the strangest items imaginable.

Traces of a Sami settlement and sacrificial site dating back more than 9,000 years.

Each solstice, students and astronomy enthusiasts gather at a primitive but functioning sun wheel to witness how humanity first used this calendar.

A historic structure inspired by Roman, Muslim, and Jewish bath houses.