Places laureltree Wants to Go

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

Neolithic burial chambers hidden beside a village school.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

A holy well believed to have healing powers.

A little-known castle set in a nature reserve.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

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

On a trail in Portugal's Barão de São João National Forest, a pile of faces look up at hikers from the forest floor.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

The Roman city was the birthplace of various emperors and is home to one of the empire's most impressive architectural feats.

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

This Aztec structure remained hidden until the demolition of a supermarket exposed the lost temple.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.