Places katherinehillier Wants to Go

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

This delightful hidden farm is home to Victorian ruins and a wonderful menagerie of animals.

This mineral lake known for its healing powers is so buoyant it's been dubbed the "Dead Sea of Canada."

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea.

One man's hand-sculpted collection of colorful masks representing a host of gruesome spirits.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.