Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

An IT-specialist-turned-farmer reintroduces an Austrian food tradition while promoting snails as a sustainable "future food" option.

The cluster of igloo-like domes forms the remains of an ancient burial ground.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

A miniature model of what will be the world's largest telescope.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Ride the rails on a train harkening back to a 19th-century marvel.

This unique abacus hanging in the Technical University of Munich actually tells the time.

The former house of an anthropologist couple displays Lacandón Maya artifacts in a homey atmosphere.

A section of a historic wooden trestle viaduct is preserved next to the railway line it once carried.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.