Places tealeaves Wants to Go

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

A vineyard devoted entirely to an unexplored flavor frontier.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.