Places tstriegel Wants to Go

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

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

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

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

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.