Places bartholomej Wants to Go

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

One of the only places where Earth’s mantle lies above water.