Places alanabeyer Wants to Go

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.