Places tudorrose06 Wants to Go

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

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

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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

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

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.