Places klkmckay Wants to Go

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.