Places bartholomej Wants to Go

So opulent and massive it was once dubbed a palace, this hotel's doors closed temporarily in 2007 and failed to reopen.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

In 1888, a resident of Xagħra, Malta, discovered a small underground chamber filled with stalactites and stalagmites when digging a well.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

Spectacular secluded inlet with clear waters flanked by limestone cliffs.

Where the people of Gozo have been doing laundry for more than six centuries.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

Legend speaks of a banished noblewoman allegedly walled inside this little tower.

Only 380 kV Powerline in Europe not directly interconnected to the European 380 kV Grid.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

Listen to Malta’s musical heritage while relaxing in the park.

Hidden in plain sight, a gravestone seemingly inscribed from the future stands among the cemetery’s historic tombs.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.