Versailles, France
The Osmothèque
Perfume museum and library.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Versailles, France
Perfume museum and library.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Moni Strofadon, Greece
A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini fell in love with this lonely 13th-century tower while making his most famous film.
Almon, Israel
A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.
Istanbul, Turkey
A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.
Sequim, Washington
Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.
Brazil
Unusual rock formations eroded into a landscape of stone beasts.
Malinalco, Mexico
These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.
Ireland
Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.
Tramonti di sotto, Italy
This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Villerouge-Termenès, France
The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.
Iceland
The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.
Gothenburg, Sweden
This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.
Iran
The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.
Saint Davids, Wales
The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.
Bartow, Florida
Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.
Bhimashankar, India
These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Millport, Scotland
The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.
Andria, Italy
Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.
Mpulungu, Zambia
Now abandoned, this stone church was part of the missionary efforts that initiated the Christianization of Zambia.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.