Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

This piece of a Renaissance-era Spanish castle remained lost for decades.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

Local lore claims this rocky cape hides a lost Aztec treasure.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

This beautiful Croatian fortress is haunted by legends of forbidden love.

This historic orchard contains Northern Europe's largest collection of paradise apple trees.

This breathtaking national park is one of the best places to see the weird and wonderful giant anteater in the wild.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

Few remain of these distinctive old trees that once served as natural landmarks for travelers on the road.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.

The rocks are a time capsule of a 407-million-year-old Earth.

A beloved upside-down beacon off the coast of Northern Ireland.