Places Braecrest Wants to Go

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

The easternmost point on the island of Ireland.

A miner’s death at the hands of strikebreaking company police sparks a labor movement that continues to the present day.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

It's said taking a hammer and nail to this stone relieves a toothache.

Each section of this public work of art represents one of the city's guilds.

Crafted from ocean litter, this sculpture highlights the ills of overconsumption.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.