Places flblom Wants to Go

A former post office turned venue, food hall, and retail center.

Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.

A metal forest of peas pays tribute to the founding father of genetics.

The world’s largest street art museum.

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.

Fried artichokes and other Roman–Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

Inventive Sicilian specialties are executed with flair at this restaurant overseen by chef Ciccio Sultano.

Chef Leonardo Vignoli subtly updates Roman classics in a storied space.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

Honoring a local founder, this tiny tribute once vanished under mysterious circumstances.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.

The only statue of a royal mistress in all of London.

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

A fully functional, commercial, miniature art gallery.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

The other, lesser-known, Sistine Chapel, sits over 500km away from the Vatican City in an Italian port City.

This enchanting spring, steeped in local lore and a touch of royal history, was said to be the place where newborns were collected, rather than being delivered by storks.