Places katherinehillier Wants to Go

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

In the Manduri reserve of Sao Paulo, you can see the endangered black-horned capuchin monkey up close.

A perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

Feast your eyes upon hundreds of Nepal's native butterflies and moths.

This magnificent tree towering over the Atlantic rainforest is one of the oldest and largest in Brazil.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

People have been placing babies on these lilies for photoshoots since the Victorian era.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.

A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.