Places karebear2004 Wants to Go

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.

Before the more famous Royal Palace of Caserta, the king of Naples first commissioned this overlooked residence.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

The country home of world-famous designer, writer, and artist extraordinaire, William Morris.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.