Places LisaLii Wants to Go

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

The middle finger of modernity.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

An eerie former warehouse turned cistern turned movie set.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."