Places katherinehillier Wants to Go

An eclectic retreat speckled with whimsical folk art.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

This haunting location was featured in the final scene of a classic spaghetti western.

A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.

This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

An archaeological museum squeezed into a narrow 15th-century gate tower accessed only by a spiral staircase.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

The former house of an anthropologist couple displays Lacandón Maya artifacts in a homey atmosphere.

A beautiful drive through the foot of the Alps traces the path of 15th-century Turkish raids.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

A unique walk through hundreds of cactus plants, including some that stretch over 8 feet tall.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The medley of artwork tells the history of this Scottish town.