Places mgward Wants to Go

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

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

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

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

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

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

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.