Places jaysutton79 Wants to Go

A neglected bell tower in modern Colombo is a symbol of the city's colonial past.

Kolkata’s only Portuguese church has a curious link with chickens.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.