Places jameszika Wants to Go

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

A local legend says the theft of a holy relic explains the hand-shaped bloodstain on the facade of this cathedral.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.