Places michelestraka Wants to Go

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.