Places Stique Wants to Go

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.