Places Diana Alsobrook Wants to Go

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Puppet theater and museum holding a collection of more than 300.

Step into Narnia at this small park featuring statues from "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

A signal indicates the entrance to this alley, rumored to be a meeting place for witches.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.