Places andyhartsmith Wants to Go

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.

The world's tallest carillon is located at the top of this skyscraper in Mexico City.

This outdoor sculpture gallery is a modern-day homage to Andean culture and history.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A pair of trousers or a dress was hoisted up the shore station’s flagstaff to announce the birth of a baby to the lighthouse keeper working offshore.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A stone nook where Frederick Douglass escaped the world to think, read, and write.

Alexander Hamilton, a founding father for the United States, was an immigrant and born on Nevis.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

An 11th-century Viking gravestone in a Victorian parish church graveyard.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Victorian-era pub covered head to toe with mementos from patrons of decades past.

Sail on this replica of the first American privateer vessel to make a capture during the War of 1812.

In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

Where the legendary wizard sleeps for eternity, according to Arthurian lore.

Scotland's claim to the prime meridian was laid 200 years prior to the one in Greenwich.

A cabinet of funerary art and death culture hidden inside an oddities shop.