Places krystarka Wants to Go

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

The sacristy of this church contains remains and relics of members of the Aragonese royal family.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.