Places RHF Wants to Go

Established in the 16th century, this "mother's market" is run entirely by women.

Built in 1347, this belfry is one of the oldest in the world and survived intense bombing during World War I.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.

The final home of the legendary Danish sailor said to have lived to be 146 years old.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

Two 2,500-year-old Phoenician boats found on the coast of Spain, giving incredible insight into the ancient maritime traders.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.