Places Sporadicus Wants to Go

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

This country market harbors goats on its roof.

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.