Places kattrewerts Wants to Go

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.