Places goldelinemydear Wants to Go

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

Over two million dolls have been healed during this hospital's century in business.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.