Places lostinkowloon Wants to Go

What was once rural farmland owned by the Dominican Order is now an artisanal crafts market enveloped by Santiago’s urban sprawl.

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An obscure roundabout modeled on the Death Star from “Star Wars.”

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A treasure trove of audio technology, from wax cylinders to juke boxes and record players.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

A former groundskeeper’s cottage, now famous for being the main location of a hit British comedy game show.

Once part of a magnificent Tudor palace, this wine cellar is a time capsule underneath the Ministry of Defence.

This Art Deco house is home to the world's largest collection of Dora Gordine's paintings, drawings, and sculptures.

Several colorful mosaic panels depict the life and creative genius of the Master of Suspense.

Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.