Places mechamel Wants to Go

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

The elaborate façade of this old Cantonese opera house celebrates the building's history and the love story that founded it.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

Play over 120 retro arcade games and pinball machines at this throwback museum.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

The childhood home of the legendary blues guitarist and singer.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The famed literary character has a unique connection to this city.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

A roadside hotel that you can’t stop at. 

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The final resting place of this rock icon has become a pilgrimage site for AC/DC fans.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

The last remnant of Kuala Lumpur’s old prison complex now stands on the edge of a Japanese shopping mall.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.