Places mikecarlucci Wants to Go

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A damaged tree turned into a whimsical giant pencil that is sharpened each year.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

After being lost for nearly a century, this historic bell finally returned home after its mysterious theft.

For 14 years, this former stray dog greeted every train passenger that arrived in Fort Collins.

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

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