Places aron Wants to Go

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.