Places marcwithasea Wants to Go

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

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

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.