Places katherinehillier Wants to Go

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.

At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

This stone throne invites adventurers to observe breathtaking views of the Peak District.

This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.

These primitive rock paintings include a very beloved depiction of a woolly mammoth.

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

An 11th-century medieval castle cascades over the town of Numão.

Legend said this huge, gnarled tree sheltered the saint during a storm.