Places Connicka Wants to Go

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The middle finger of modernity.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.