Places jlswifty Wants to Go

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

A closer look at this somewhat faded hotel by the Corinth Canal reveals the architectural undertones of a genius.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

The place where houses are born.

Most complete collection of Gymnosperms in the world.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This tiny German village has staked claim to being the center of the union following Brexit.