Places sarahltait Wants to Go

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

An improbable creek near Death Valley, not far from the oldest surviving Euro-American structure in the Mojave Desert.

A small stone boy mischievously turns his backside toward the city’s most famous water carrier.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A brass and marble scale model of the solar system embedded in the concrete.

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

A Fibonnaci spiral model of our solar system.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.