Places ejbrown Wants to Go

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

This wild game of "football" between two sections of an English town has been staged every year for countless centuries.

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

An intact, still operating pharmacy from the 18th-century filled with numerous artifacts and paintings.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."