Places NickGriffalco Wants to Go

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

New York's oldest magic store.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.