Places claireromama Wants to Go

A hauntingly beautiful grave commemorates love evermore.

Before the Vatican, there was Dolton: This is the childhood home of the first American pope.

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

A forgotten stone skeleton of medieval Dijon slumbers beneath the feet of unsuspecting museum visitors.

A small stone boy mischievously turns his backside toward the city’s most famous water carrier.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

For centuries, one side of this basilica has integrated local archaeological finds.

Alexander Hamilton, a founding father for the United States, was an immigrant and born on Nevis.

A 9-metre tall reflective steel statue of a garden gnome crafted by Gregor Kregar, a New Zealand-Serbian artist.

A volcanically-heated waterfall in the St. Lucian rainforest.

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

The only place in the world where the general public can walk aboard an authentic offshore drilling rig.

The only museum in North America dedicated to Memphis hoodoo history.

See one of the earliest depictions of a Christian ceremony – with a woman at the center!

A Japanese fertility god in the shape of a large phallus.

Tucked into the hills above Rafailovići, this small hidden waterfall offers a rare pocket of calm just minutes from Montenegro’s crowded Adriatic beaches.

An obscure roundabout modeled on the Death Star from “Star Wars.”

A neoclassical crypt hides under Liverpool’s modernist cathedral.

The final resting place of one of Italy’s most influential and imaginative writers.

Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.

Grand Orthodox cathedral with walls filled with frescoes and icons.

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

A family-run store in an 1892 pharmacy still slings old-fashioned sodas.

A unique car-free island in the Hawkesbuy River serviced by a regular ferry and on-island electric buggy.