Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

One of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet is located in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

This subterranean town of over 50 dwellings lies thirty feet beneath the Earth's surface.

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

One of the most important Celtic-Roman archaeological sites in Spain.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

Built in a perfect square, this archaeological site is one of the largest and best preserved ancient fortifications in India.

An 11th-century Byzantine church with medieval Serbian history and spectacular views.

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

These natural cliffs look like they are a part of an old castle complex.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

These ancient monoliths make up one of the largest archaeological sites in Palau.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

The most sacred Jewish shrine in Iran and a fine example of restoration works gone wrong.

This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.