Places sarahltait Wants to Go

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.

A dictator's failed public works project has been reborn as two linked trails through spectacular scenery.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

A series of 33 stone markers maps an ancient 55-mile transportation route.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.

This burial mound is said to be the final resting place of Russia's first Viking ruler, Oleg of Novogrod.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

A surrealist labyrinth and museum of contemporary sculptures.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

This Romanesque church is built over the tomb of a martyr who legend says defeated a dragon.

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.