Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

A 12th century church completely covered in shells.

This small, lush island has a long and bloody history.

This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

Disused for decades, this freight railway bridge is finally being renovated into a scenic promenade.

Once a highly polluted body of water has now been transformed into a gorgeous lagoon.

The ruins of a castle sat decaying in this park for years before a massive renovation restored this area to its past beauty.

An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.

A Victorian garden in a harsh climate at the border of the prairies and foothills of the Canadian Rockies.

Known as the birthplace of Korean Buddhism, this temple features an ancient, five-story stone pagoda.

This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.