Places Braecrest Wants to Go

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.