Places Rohini Chaki Wants to Go

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

New York's oldest magic store.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.