Places tjvanderlinden Wants to Go

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.