Places squiddlywinks Wants to Go

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A former reservoir that was only recently discovered after more than 60 years of disuse.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.