Places mikedominelli Wants to Go

A small island that was once a key Axis fortification during World War II.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Housed inside a replica church, its collection honors the Black community displaced by the Halifax government.

Classical ruins that remember ancient Rome's presence in Africa.

Kolkata’s only Portuguese church has a curious link with chickens.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.