Places claireromama Wants to Go

Stock up on superb sour cherry preserves made by hand in copper kettles.

A towering tribute to the Godfather of Soul.

On a clear afternoon, you can see mountain peaks more than 40 miles away from this clearing in the Pisgah National Forest.

A 16th-century convent became a contemporary art museum.

A massive skeleton suspended in the Memorial University of Newfoundland's Core Science Facility.

A haunted medieval church, a ceremonial stone circle, and a burial ground are all that's left of this community lost to the Black Death.

Markets and festivals take place at this former home of a 1,500-seat theater, which burned to the ground in 2019.

Dine in a former general store from the Roaring Twenties, when Eggleston was a hot springs boomtown.

A charming tour of the umbrella, tin-can, and drinking-straw capital of the world.

Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.

These historical landmarks stand as reminders of the evolution of animal care and conservation.

Waterfalls, rapids, and top-notch swimming spots await in this densely forested corner of the Smokies.

This mermaid sculpture commemorates a Galician legend and an annual trial.

An archive and museum with a mind-boggling collection of Shakespeare-related objects.

An immersive exhibition that meditates on death and life.

An early Christian basilica modeled after an Egyptian temple showcases some the best-preserved frescos from late antiquity.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

The Estatua de la Libertad stands discretely on an obscure tangent path in Barrancas de Belgrano.

These neon green and blue lakes are in the shadow of two huge volcanoes.

Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

A house that transports visitors back to Yugoslavia.

This abandoned prison is now a museum chronicling the oppression of political prisoners in the not-so-distant past.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.