Places ThrillSeeker Wants to Go

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This whimsical fountain depicts a winged siren shooting water out of her nipples into the fires of Mount Vesuvius.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

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

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.