Places rainablackcat Wants to Go

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

The cave of a 12th-century hermit is still visited and venerated today.

This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining activity.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The largest mosque in Germany.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.

An unusual museum home to a vast collection of items that represent everyday life.

A unique museum dedicated to the history of household appliances from across the globe.