Places Matt Cariello Wants to Go

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.