Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.