Places mardigny Wants to Go

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

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

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

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

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.