Places atozenith Wants to Go

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Tiny museum with unusual specimens.

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

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

An elegant German-style resort overlooking the Potomoc River.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

This rustic, seasonal eatery sits on a family-owned produce farm specializing in sustainable agriculture.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.