Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

This whimsical fountain depicts a winged siren shooting water out of her nipples into the fires of Mount Vesuvius.

This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.

A striking church with a Tolkien-inspired nickname.

This bakery forgoes industrial wheat in favor of locally harvested grains.

A lost World War II military camp and post-war suburb swallowed by the woods.

A 12-century Shiva temple nestled along a picturesque riverbank.

Nestled in the hills of Crete, a local artist has created a wonderland of stone and terracotta sculptures.

Collection of paintings by the celebrated Blanco Family.

Dedicated to the victims of a phantom slasher, this memorial is claimed by some to be the source of a deadly curse.

Dine on funerary beans alongside off-duty lucha libre wrestlers at this legume-centric spot near Museo Rufino Tamayo.

One-of-a-kind stupa in Laos.

A beautifully restored 19th-century house that’s possibly haunted.

Once an art-deco theater, now a supermarket.

Though not uncommon in western Japan, this Buddha cut out of an ancient sarcophagus is the only example in central Tokyo.

Mineral well linked to the final days of a beloved Scottish poet.

A fascinating museum near the birthplace of the greatest track and field athlete of all time.

Don’t be surprised if you run into some of Oaxaca’s top chefs in line at this family run taco stop.

An Egyptian-revival style film house in Boise, Idaho.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

A rock, a temple, and a window into Taiwan’s rich cultural mythology—wrapped in a serene city escape.

Thousands of foxes are said to gather and parade across the neighborhood of Ōji on New Year’s Eve.

Start your morning off with an epic food crawl in this market east of Oaxaca’s historic center.

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

The oldest Black-owned bookstore in New Orleans was started by a substitute teacher on a mission.