Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

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

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.