Places EricTissue Wants to Go

This museum honors an African-American renaissance man of the early 18th century.

A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

A stone structure built thousands of years ago on the Iberian peninsula.

The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.

Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.

Most likely the largest and best-preserved dolmen in the Basque Country

This magnificent brick dome was made with an unusual design method.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

The walls of these four caverns are filled with art that dates back to the earliest human presence in Europe.

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.

An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.

Maze-like streets filled with vibrant murals draw visitors to this Istrian town.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

Now a pedestrian bridge, this was once part of a narrow-gauge railroad that ran along the east coast of Kauai.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.