Places nicolecwoley Wants to Go

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.