Places jtchibnalljr Wants to Go

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

This small hilltop church weaves the urban history of Washington, D.C. with the national history of the United States.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."

This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.

An abbey dedicated to St. Mary, and homed Canon Regulars following Premonstratensian rule.

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

Cantonese comfort food is on the menu at this Asiatown mainstay.

Some of the best Chinese-Vietnamese fusion can be found at outposts of this homegrown empire.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?