Places barrymitchellpe Wants to Go

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.