Places Gamereg Wants to Go

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

These neon green and blue lakes are in the shadow of two huge volcanoes.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

Once a mining boom town, Mogollon’s well-preserved buildings are tucked away in the mountains of the Gila National Forest.

A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Explore these Victorian-era tunnels under a bustling train station.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

Hike to a hidden medieval troglodyte necropolis.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This museum features over 100 playable pinball machines, some dating back to the 1850s.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.

A historic seafront building established as a refuge for sailors to promote moral living and literacy.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

Ancient rock-cut caves adorned with Buddhist inscriptions and sculptures.

Mysterious texts covered in mystical symbols were found in caves at this site centuries ago.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.