In the many years I’ve been wandering the world, I’ve been so lucky to see amazing sites. I do think travel is a wonderful way to learn, about other people, other cultures, and, of course, world history. All of these sites were amazing; interesting museums, beautiful castles, ancient ruins. I recommend each and every one.

History Museums

• Museo Galileo, Florence, Italy
• Musee Marciano, Venice, Italy
• Musee Civico Correr, Venice, Italy
• Musee Storico Navale, Venice, Italy
• Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
• Conciergerie, Paris, France
• Vatican Museums, Vatican
• St. Peter’s Scavi, The Vatican Necropolis
• National Roman Museum, Rome, Italy
• San Clemente, Rome, Italy
• The British Museum, London, UK
• Cabinet War Rooms, London, UK
• Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
• Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
• Coach Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
• House of Terror, Budapest, Hungary
• Museum of Torture Instruments, Prague, Czechia
• Museum of Communism, Prague, Czechia
• Warsaw Uprising Museum, Poland
• Warsaw History Museum, Poland
• Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland
• Czartoryski Museum, Krakow, Poland
• Silesian House, Krakow, Poland
• Larco Museum, Lima, Peru
• Suzhou Folk Custom Museum, China
• Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, Ecuador
• National Museum of History, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Ethnology Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
• War Remnants Museum, Saigon, Vietnam
• Tuol Sleng Prison Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• North Otago Museum, Oamaru, New Zealand
• Museo Historico Nacional, Santiago, Chile
• Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Santiago, Chile
• Ushuaia Jail and Maritime Museum, Ushuaia, Argentina
• Fin del Mundo Museum, Ushuaia, Argentina
• Bishop’s Treasury Museum, Korcula, Croatia
• Maritime Museum, Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Homeland War Museum, Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Rupe Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Slovenia Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Archeology Museum, Pula, Croatia
• Basel Paper Mill Museum, Switzerland
• Dar si Said Museum, Marrakech, Morocco
• Jewish Museum, Marrakech, Morocco
• Wick Heritage Museum, Caithness, Scotland
• Archeology Museum, Nice, France
• Yarmouth County Museum, Sweeney Fisheries Museum, the Firefighter’s Museum, Yarmouth, Canada
• Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax, Canada
• Membertou Heritage Park, Sydney, Canada
• Musee des plaines d’Abraham, Quebec City, Canada
• Musee de la Civilization, Quebec City, Canada
• Musee Ramezay, Montreal, Canada
• Montreal Museum of Archeology and History, Montreal, Canada
• Museu Municipal Dr. José Formosinho/Museu Regional de Lagos, Portugal
• Museu Municpal de Arqueological de Silves, Portugal
• Museu de Vila do Bispo, Celeiro da Historia, Vila do Bispo, Portugal
• Museu Municipal de Tavira, includes Islamico de Tavira and Palacio da Galeria, Tavira, Portugal
• Museu de Portimao, Portugal
• Museu de Evora, Portugal
• Museum of Cadiz, Spain
• Museu National de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal
• Museu de Aveiro, Portugal
• Antalya Archeological Museum, Türkiye
• Hierapolis Museum, Türkiye

Castles and Palaces

• Grand Palace of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
• Palazzo Medici, Florence, Italy
• Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy
• Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
• Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy
• Windsor Castle, Windsor, UK
• Buckingham Palace, London, UK
• Kensington Palace, London, UK
• Versailles Palace, Paris, France
• Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
• Palace of the Grand Masters, Rhodes, Greece
• Castelo de Sao Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal
• Castelo dos Mouros, Sintra, Portugal
• Palacio da Pena, Sintra, Portugal
• Schloss Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany
• Hohenschwangau Castle, Schwangau, Germany
• Neuschwanstein Castle, Hohenschwangau, Germany
• Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
• Prague Castle, Prague, Czechia
• The Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland
• Wawel Castle, Krakow, Poland
• The Forbidden City, Beijing, China
• Summer Palace, Beijing, China
• Hwaseong Haenggung Palace, South Korea
• Phnom Penh Royal Palace, Cambodia
• Larnach Castle, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Queen’s Palace, Rova, Antananarivo, Madagascar
• Blejski Castle, Bled, Slovenia
• Stanjel Castle, Slovenia
• Predjama Castle, Slovenia
• Royal Palace, Mandalay, Myanmar
• Stirling Castle, Scotland
• Kilchurn Castle, Scotland
• Inveraray Castle, Scotland
• Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland
• Dunvegan Castle, Scotland
• Dunrobin Castle, Scotland
• Braemer Castle, Scotland
• Blair Castle, Scotland
• Craigmillar Castle, Scotland
• Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
• Castle Doria, Vernazza, Italy
• Palais Princier de Monaco
• Castillo de Bellver, Palma de Mallorca
• Royal Palace of the Almudaina, Palma de Mallorca
• Castelo de Silves, Portugal
• Castelo de Tavira, Portugal
• Castelo Estremoz, Portugal
• Castelo de Évoramonte, Portugal
• Alcazar, Seville, Spain
• Castillo de Santa Catalina, Cadiz, Spain
• Alcazaba, Malaga, Spain
• Castillo Gibrafaro, Malaga, Spain
• Alhambra, Granada, Spain
• Alcazar of the Christian Monarchs, Cordoba, Spain
• Moorish Castle, Gibraltar
• Castelo de Obidos, Portugal
• Castelo de Tomar, Portugal
• National Palace of Queluz, Portugal
• National Palace of Sintra, Portugal
• Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal
• Castelo Marvao, Portugal

Ruins and Ancient Temples

• Karnak, Egypt
• Luxor, Egypt
• Medinet Habu, Egypt
• Valley of Kings and Valley of Queens, Egypt
• Deir al-Barhi, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Egypt
• Edfu, Egypt
• Kom Ombo, Egypt
• Abu Simbel, Egypt
• Saqqara, Egypt
• Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
• Roman Forum, Italy
• Colosseum, Rome, Italy
• Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy
• Circo Massimo, Rome, Italy
• Domus Aurea, Nero’s House, Rome, Italy
• Pantheon, Rome, Italy
• Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece
• Ephesus, Turkey
• Igreja do Carmo, Portugal
• Ollantaytambo, Peru
• Sacsayhuaman, Peru
• Chinchero, Peru
• Q’enko, Peru
• Tambomachay, Perut
• Machu Picchu, Peru
• Great Wall of China
• Angkor Wat, Cambodia
• Pula Amphitheater, Croatia
• Bagan, Myanmar
• Salay, Myanmar
• Ava, Myanmar
• Indein, Myanmar
• Volubilis, Morocco
• Meknes, Morocco
• Amridil Kasbah, Morocco
• Ait Ben Haddou Ksar, Morocco
• Doune Castle, Scotland
• Inverlochy Castle, Scotland
• Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland
• Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Islands, Scotland
• Sinclair Girnigoe at Caithness, Scotland
• Castle of Old Wick, Scotland
• Buchoille Castle, Scotland
• Urquhart Castle, Scotland
• Fortrose Cathedral, Scotland
• Beauly Priory, Scotland
• Pollentia Roman Ruins, Alcudia, Mallorca
• Roman Ruins of Milreu, Estoi, Portugal
• Almendres Cromlech, Evora, Portugal
• Roman temple of Evora, Portugal
• Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar, Portugal
• Teatro Romano de Cadiz, Spain
• Teatro Romano de Malaga, Spain
• Ammaia Ruins/Roman City, Portugal
• Hierapolis, Türkiye
• Perge, Türkiye
• Side, Türkiye
• Aspendos, Turkiye
• Termessos, Turkiye
• Tlos, Turkiye

Historic Sites

• Capuchin Crypt, Rome, Italy
• Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy
• Aya Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey
• Basilica Cistern Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
• Acropolis, Athens, Greece
• Hadrian’s Arch, Athens, Greece
• Agora, Athens, Greece
• Cave of the Apocalypse, Patmos, Greece
• Belem Tower, Lisbon, Portugal
• Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany
• Nazi Bunkers, Obersalzburg, Germany
• Fisherman’s Bastion, Budapest, Hungary
• Kapuziner Church Imperial Crypts, Vienna, Austria
• Powder Gate, Prague, Czechia
• Schindler’s Factory, Krakow, Poland
• Kasimeirz, Krakow, Poland
• Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland
• Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
• Wieliczka Salt Mine, Krakow, Poland
• Qoricancha, Peru
• Uros Islands, Peru
• Sillustani, Peru
• Terra Cotta Warriors, Xian, China
• DMZ and Unification Park, South Korea
• Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Reunification Palace, Saigon, Vietnam
• Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam
• Killing Fields, Choeung Ek, Cambodia
• Argentinean Base Esperanza, Antarctica
• Diocletian Palace, Split, Croatia
• Salona, Croatia
• Walled city of Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Old Bridge, or Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Lotrscak Tower, Zagreb, Croatia
• Minogaj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia
• Zerostrasse, Pula, Croatia
• Temple of Augustus, Pula, Croatia
• Shwe Nandaw, Mandalay, Myanmar
• Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar
• Chefchaouen, Morocco
• Tinmel Mosque, Morocoo
• Miara cemetery, Marrakech, Morocco
• Glenfinnan Aqueduct, Scotland
• Cairns of Get, Scotland
• Grey Cairns of Camster, Scotland
• Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland
• Franciscan Monk Monastery, Nice, France
• Argyle Township Court House and Gaol, Argyle, Canada
• Le Village Historique Acadien, Canada
• Saint Paul’s Lighthouse, Dingwall, Canada
• Baile nan Gàidheal or Highland Village, Iona, Canada
• Green Gables Heritage Place, Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Charlotte County Archives and Jail, St. Andrews, Canada
• St. Andrew’s Blockhouse, Canada
• Morrin Center, Quebec City, Canada
• Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum, Montreal, Canada
• Battle of Ridgeway National Historic Site, Fort Erie, Canada
• Mercado de Escravos, Lagos, Portugal
• Universidade Coimbra and Joanine Biblioteca, Coimbra, Portugal
• Aljibe del Rey, Granada, Spain
• Mezquita Catedral, Cordoba, Spain
• City Under Siege and the Great Siege Tunnels, Gibraltar
• WWII Tunnels, Gibraltar
• Amyntas Rock Tombs, Fethiye, Türkiye
• Kayakoy Ghost Town, Türkiye
• Uchisar Castle, Cappadocia, Türkiye
• Ozkonak Yeraliti Sehri, Cappadocia, Türkiye

Forts

• Tower of London, London, UK
• Citadel of Saladin, Cairo, Egypt
• Hue Citadel, Vietnam
• Hvar Fortress, Croatia
• Fort of St. John, Walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Fort Lovrijenac, St. Lawrence Fortress, Croatia
• Hwaseong Haenggung Fortress, South Korea
• Halifax Citadel National Historic Site, Halifax, Canada
• Citadel of Quebec, Canada
• Fort George National Historic Site, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
• Fort Mississauga National Historic Site, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
• Old Fort Erie, Fort Erie, ON
• Fortaleza de Sagres, Portugal
• Sao Tiago Fort, Funchal, Madeira