Places omnius Wants to Go

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Venice's island of the dead.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.