Places shullbrendand Wants to Go

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.

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

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

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

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.