Places katherinehillier Wants to Go

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

An enormous sinkhole that local lore attributes to the anger of the Virgin Mary.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

This lake was sacred to the Sabine people who constructed a temple here on a floating island.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

A well preserved remnant of the English Civil War.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries was also the site of a bloody World War II battle.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.