Places johnw404 Wants to Go

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.

This stone once marked the boundaries of Liverpool's medieval markets.