Places NickGriffalco Wants to Go

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Legend holds that the Ancient Greek goddess of love once bathed in the waters of this grotto.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Thousands of hats, pens, and pencils, hanging inside the walls of a former church.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.