Places riedermarcus Wants to Go

For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A cave that was home to humans 160 thousand years ago.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

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

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.