Places lindallange Wants to Go

The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This World War II relic let Allied pilots know they were entering neutral airspace.

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.

A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.

A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.