Places Maggie Mason Wants to Go

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

For more than two centuries, this family-run establishment has been serving up some of Ireland's best oysters.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

An outdoor gallery of sculptures chiseled from a unique stone.

This outdoor sculpture gallery is a modern-day homage to Andean culture and history.

Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

Founded by a Basque immigrant, Mexico City's oldest bakery has a history dating back to 1870.