Places sarahltait Wants to Go

A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Rome is now home to a stunning food museum and library.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Though they look like Hobbit houses, these semi-underground stone structures were built for winemaking.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

This beautiful Romanesque church preserves stunning medieval frescoes and the excavations of a Roman market town.