Places Elizabeth Hanchett Wants to Go

This curious fresh and salt water lake holds a secret that draws in deep divers from around the world.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

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

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

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

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.