Places jillstug Wants to Go

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

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

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The world's oldest model village.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

Venice's island of the dead.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.