Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

This abandoned, partly demolished building is now home to beautiful graffiti and murals.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

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

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

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

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Israel's premiere solar energy research facility provides energy to nomads.

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."

This mysterious Lady Liberty stands at the entrance to a small Israeli village.

The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.

One of only three fountains created by the iconic architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

An autonomous community living in the southern Negev desert.

In a small town outside Jerusalem, a roadside diner is devoted to all things Elvis Presley.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.