Places Andrew Olsen Wants to Go

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.