Places oliviaauriat Wants to Go

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

A neighborhood with Art Deco architecture as eccentric as its history.

This historic sculpture from the 16th century is even older than the city of Boston.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

This Haudenosaunee restaurant is a delicious tribute to indigenous cuisine.

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

A chapel quietly preserves the remains of Father Damien, who devoted his life to caring for leprosy patients.

A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.

Early Nazi prison for political prisoners.

This Bronze Age man spent millennia buried in a mine, giving his bones an eerie hue.

It's believed these prehistoric individuals were the victims of cannibalism.

A house once used to feed orphans of a brutal conflict now serves as a museum honoring its victims.

This bullet spent 34 years lodged in the chest of Waruhiu Itote, a Mau Mau guerrilla fighter who resisted British colonial rule in the 1950s.

A communal hub where threads of countless textile traditions intertwine.

Hundreds of luxurious boats line this gorgeous lake surrounded by mountains.

A trove of history focused on Marks & Spencer, the British department store.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.