Places hopelalas Wants to Go

A factory store where more than 150 years of American pottery history is stacked—and still made just beyond the showroom.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This cave resembles the Star Wars Jedi master.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

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

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

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.