Places Hheeaatthh Wants to Go

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.