Places rbenn250 Wants to Go

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

The elaborate façade of this old Cantonese opera house celebrates the building's history and the love story that founded it.

A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.

A museum dedicated to the centuries-old cave dwellings that housed marginalized communities on the outskirts of the former capital of Muslim Spain.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

Dishes are packed with flavor at one of the only Singaporean restaurants in Paris.

This mysterious anthropomorphic statuette is on display at the National Museum of Oman.

A centuries-old house, once part of the wall of Granada, sports musket barrels from the battlements which allude to its original owner.

This Georgian mansion blends historical significance with an impressive art collection within picturesque surroundings.

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

This isolated and westernmost point of the Faroe Islands archipelago is home to thousands of seabirds.

Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.

Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?

This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.

The south aisle of this church once served as a burial vault.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

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

A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.

A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

Fascination continues to surround one of history's most infamous shipwrecks.

The only sea in the world that has no land boundary.

This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.