Places livivatts Wants to Go

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

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

A century-old historical movie theatre that plays a mix of independent and mainstream films.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

One of the oldest of its kind.

For more than 25 years, this Philadelphia store has been offering a wide selection of Victorian oddities and antiques.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.