Places LisaC Wants to Go

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

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

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.

Forrest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.

The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.

This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Just off I-55 in McLean, Illinois, is a place where you can play over 100 arcade and pinball machines for 25-75 cents a pop.

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

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.