Places IJVin Wants to Go

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

The art critic claiming that "only an ape could have done this" was in fact right.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.