Places Lucy DiSanto Wants to Go

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

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

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.