Places danielrthorne Wants to Go

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.