Places sheraciara Wants to Go

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

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

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

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

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

In the summer, the area around this sculpture transforms into a vibrant concert venue.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

A delightful museum entirely dedicated to the tiny homes of dolls.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.