Places dibushby Wants to Go

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.