Places andyhartsmith Wants to Go

A humble ancient well where Scottish knight, Sir William Wallace, took his final drink.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

Dine aboard the historic Ghan train while retracing early explorers' journey through the Outback.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.