Places Joel Cusumano Wants to Go

For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.

The construction of a new church near Venosa was started in the 11th century, but never finished.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Medieval ruins nestled within a breathtaking swath of Spanish nature.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

The middle finger of modernity.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.