Places katherinehillier Wants to Go

A glimpse into the festive and private lives of medieval Europe.

One of ancient Etruria's most spectacular archaeological sites with impressive necropolises and rugged landscape.

This little-known national museum houses over 40,000 works of art from across the world.

This abandoned limestone quarry now provides visitors with multiple, breathtaking viewpoints.

An architectural gem nestled into a promontory overlooking a prehistoric landscape.

The ruins of a rural church and a statue of Archangel Gabriel are tucked away in Majella National Park.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.

A Swedish phone box converted into an informal village library.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

An unusually shaped lighthouse with origins rooted in heartbreak.

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.

A hidden stream deep in the mountains creates one of the largest tufa waterfalls in Serbia.

This collection of Dwarf beech trees were once believed to be enchanted trolls in disguise.

These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

According to one legend, this bridge was crafted after monkeys formed a body-bridge across the gorge.