Places goldelinemydear Wants to Go

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Legend says this ancient pagan site can cure all ailments.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

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

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.