Places sarahltait Wants to Go

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

A small church ornamented with medieval erotic sculptures.

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

This magnificent brick dome was made with an unusual design method.

These primitive rock paintings include a very beloved depiction of a woolly mammoth.

Stormy conditions send jets of seawater bursting through holes in the cliffs.

An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

The grounds of this former dairy hacienda now contain an entire town inspired by Tuscany, Italy.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.