Places jenniferpatel Wants to Go

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.