Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.

Long before Moo Deng, this 17th-century waterfowl was a cultural sensation.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Ancient temple is home to centuries of art and spiritual artifacts.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

Natural rock formations resembling monks in hats inspire folk legends.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

A painting marks the site of a historic skyscraper destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

This 16th-century building features a flamenco stage on its ground floor and a torture museum on its upper floors.

Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

One of the world's largest skateboard collections is on display inside a historical mansion.

The World Heritage-designated site of Japan’s industrial revolution, once mistaken as a den of vampires.

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

Start your day with a Catalan-style “fork breakfast”—complete with booze—at this rustic restaurant.