Places nealkelso Wants to Go

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.