Places Odysseus Wants to Go

The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.

One of Malta’s most important Neolithic sites sits in a suburban area south of the country’s capital.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

The name is a dubious distinction for the man who ordered a full retreat during what is considered the first engagement of the Black Hawk War.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Europe’s only spaceport is in South America.

A cave that was home to humans 160 thousand years ago.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

These Bullet-scarred bunkers are haunting reminders of the Spanish Civil War.

The unfinished final resting place of some of Spain's most prominent politicians.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The world’s oldest military museum has remained largely unchanged since the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A 5,000-year-old city in Peru holds the remains of a stunning set of astronomically-aligned pyramids.

This sanctuary became synonymous with fear and terror in the ancient world.

Discover this sandstone alcove, a geologic wonder in southern Utah, that continues to slowly shape shift.

This immaculately preserved church from late antiquity was originally the mausoleum of the Emperor Constantine's daughter.