Places Cara Giaimo Wants to Go

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.