Places jmallott Wants to Go

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

Nearly 100 concrete graves lie hidden just beyond the pristine waters along the coast.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

These sacred totem houses connect the Fatakulu people with the spirits of their ancestors.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.