Places jmallott Wants to Go

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

The "father of immunology" used this humble hut to offer the local people some of the world's first free vaccinations.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.