Places dominicmr Wants to Go

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

An outsider folly near Madrid.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.