Places Noodle Wants to Go

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

The Titanic sails again in one Scotland man's backyard.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

Ecuador's first Catholic church was built by Spanish conquistadors in 1534.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

An Ecuadorian haberdashery that sets the record straight about the so-called "Panama" hat.

An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

Home of the "true" equator.