Places katherineconnelly Wants to Go

The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

Celebrating Colombian coffee growers with a big gulp of a sculpture.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

These split boulders mark equinoxes and solstices along the Seattle skyline.

A charming tour of the umbrella, tin-can, and drinking-straw capital of the world.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

A magical world of elves and fairies tucked amongst the trees in Colombia.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

An expansive collection donated by an heirless nobleman formed this admission-free civic museum.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.

One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.