Places katehawes Wants to Go

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

Plagued with warts? Leave a frog at this small shrine in the city of Tosa, and you may be cured.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

The fastest way to send a message before electricity was invented.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

The waters of these secluded falls are said to have healing powers.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.

A cuddly version of a dark mythological creature now acts as the mascot of a town.

This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."

This bed and breakfast is steeped in history and offers guests a unique way to experience nature—glass igloos on a frozen lake.

A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.

Experience this Iron Age village the way that its original residents would have.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

Nestled amid the trees lies an abandoned funicular railway that dates back to the 1920s.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.