I have often been asked what my favorite place is: favorite country, favorite city, favorite restaurant, favorite park, favorite museum, favorite castle. It’s a tough question to answer, as each place has something superlative about it. Of course, this sort of thing changes over time as I explore another little part of the world. But, for now, here they are — my five favorites (and five runners-up) in an ever-expanding variety of categories.

• Aerial Tramways
• Aquariums
• Beaches
• Bridges
• Botanic Gardens
• Buildings in Des Moines, Iowa
• Buildings in Ithaca, New York
• Buildings in Key West, Florida
• Buildings in Montgomery, Alabama
• Buildings in Napier, New Zealand
• Buildings in Natchez, Mississippi
• Buildings in Pierre, South Dakota
• Buildings in Toronto, Ontario
• Buildings in Vienna, Austria
• Buildings in Wellington, New Zealand
• Caves and Caverns
• Churches in Ireland
• Churches in Stockholm, Sweden
• Churches in Washington, D.C.
• Clocks
• Crucifixes
• Doors
• Drives
• Entryways
• Indoor Markets
• Museums in Canada
• Nativities
• Oranges
• Palm Sundays
• Post Offices
• Things to See and Do in Bismarck, North Dakota
• Things to See and Do in Dublin, Ireland
• Things to See and Do in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Things to See and Do in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Things to See and Do in Reykjavik, Iceland
• Things to See and Do in Wyoming
• Things to See and Do in Zagreb, Croatia
• Train Stations
• U.S. Historic Districts
• Waterfalls
• Yellows