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.

• Adam and Eves
• Aerial Tramways
• Angels
• Animals in Art
• Aquariums
• Arcades
• Arches
• Arrivals
• Atlantids and Caryatids
• Bank Buildings in Scotland
• Baptismal Fonts
• Beaches
• Bed and Breakfasts
• Bell Towers
• Benches
• Bike Rides
• Bookstores
• Botanic Gardens
• Bridges
• Brunches
• Buildings in Alabama
• Buildings in Albany, New York
• Buildings in Alberta
• Buildings in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Buildings in Annapolis, Maryland
• Buildings in Arkansas
• Buildings in Auckland, New Zealand
• Buildings in Austria
• Buildings in Baltimore, Maryland
• Buildings in Bergen, Norway
• Buildings in British Columbia
• Buildings in Budapest, Hungary
• Buildings in Burlington, Vermont
• Buildings in Calgary, Alberta
• Buildings in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Buildings in Cleveland, Ohio
• Buildings in Colorado
• Buildings in Columbus, Ohio
• Buildings in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Buildings in Denver, Colorado
• Buildings in Des Moines, Iowa
• Buildings in Dublin, Ireland
• Buildings in Düsseldorf, Germany
• Buildings in Fargo, North Dakota
• Buildings in Helena, Montana
• Buildings in Hot Springs, Arkansas
• Buildings in Ithaca, New York
• Buildings in Jackson, Mississippi
• Buildings in Key West, Florida
• Buildings in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Buildings in Madison, Wisconsin
• Buildings in Memphis, Tennessee
• Buildings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Buildings in Minnesota
• Buildings in Missoula, Montana
• Buildings in Montgomery, Alabama
• Buildings in Montpelier, Vermont
• Buildings in Napier, New Zealand
• Buildings in Natchez, Mississippi
• Buildings in Nuremberg, Germany
• Buildings in Omaha, Nebraska
• Buildings in Pierre, South Dakota
• Buildings in Portland, Oregon
• Buildings in Québec City, Québec
• Buildings in Salzburg, Austria
• Buildings in San Antonio, Texas
• Buildings in Saratoga Springs, New York
• Buildings in Savannah, Georgia
• Buildings in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Buildings in Tampa, Florida
• Buildings in Toronto, Ontario
• Buildings in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Buildings in Varaždin, Croatia
• Buildings in Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Buildings in Vienna, Austria
• Buildings in Wellington, New Zealand
• Busts
• Cafés
• Capitols in the United States
• Caves and Caverns
• Ceilings
• Churches in Albany, New York
• Churches in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Churches in Argentina
• Churches in Atlanta, Georgia
• Churches in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Churches in Buffalo, New York
• Churches in Canada
• Churches in Croatia
• Churches in Delaware
• Churches in Denmark
• Churches in Detroit, Michigan
• Churches in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Churches in Finland
• Churches in Florida
• Churches in Germany
• Churches in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Churches in Helsinki, Finland
• Churches in Ireland
• Churches in Kansas
• Churches in Kentucky
• Churches in Kraków, Poland
• Churches in London, England
• Churches in Malta
• Churches in Manhattan
• Churches in Michigan
• Churches in Missouri
• Churches in Montreal, Quebec
• Churches in Norway
• Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Churches in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Churches in Providence, Rhode Island
• Churches in Rome, Italy
• Churches in Scotland
• Churches in Stockholm, Sweden
• Churches in Switzerland
• Churches in Tallinn, Estonia
• Churches in Valletta, Malta
• Churches in Venice, Italy
• Churches in Warsaw, Poland
• Churches in Washington, D.C.
• Clocks
• College Campuses
• Columns
• Crucifixes
• Domes
• Doors
• Drives
• Entryways
• Firehouses
• Fountains in Rome
• Gazebos
• Ghost Towns
• Glassworks
• Greens
• Hells
• Indoor Markets
• Jails
• Last Suppers
• Memorials
• Museums in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Museums in Canada
• Museums in Croatia
• Museums in Michigan
• Museums in Stockholm, Sweden
• Museums in Washington, D.C.
• Nativities
• Oranges
• Palm Sundays
• Pinks
• Post Offices
• Reds
• Rose Gardens
• Saint Lucy in Art
• Saint Mark in Art
• Saint Stephen in Art
• Saint Veronica in Art
• Signs
• Sites to Make You Laugh
• Stations of the Cross
• Things to See and Do in Alabama
• Things to See and Do in Albany, New York
• Things to See and Do in Auckland, New Zealand
• Things to See and Do in Baltimore, Maryland
• Things to See and Do in Bismarck, North Dakota
• Things to See and Do in Boulder, Colorado
• Things to See and Do in California
• Things to See and Do in Delft, the Netherlands
• Things to See and Do in Dublin, Ireland
• Things to See and Do in Iceland
• Things to See and Do in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Things to See and Do in Namibia
• Things to See and Do in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Things to See and Do in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Things to See and Do in Rapid City, South Dakota
• Things to See and Do in Reykjavik, Iceland
• Things to See and Do in San Antonio, Texas
• Things to See and Do in Tenerife, Canary Islands
• Things to See and Do in Wyoming
• Things to See and Do in Zagreb, Croatia
• Train Stations
• Urban Parks
• U.S. Historic Districts
• Waterfalls
• Works by Caravaggio
• Works by Carl Ludvig Engel
• Works by George Browne Post
• Yellows