Places venuslady87 Wants to Go

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.

This life-sized sculpture has gained a reputation for bringing luck to anybody who touches it.

Reclaimed material from a convent destroyed by cannonfire was used to build parts of this 19th-century cemetery.

This scenic spot is known as the birthplace of Switzerland.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

The site of an early Arthurian battle and the dwelling-place of prehistoric people and (possibly) an ancient race of giants.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.