Places wanderlustingk Wants to Go

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

A retail shop has preserved the 17th-century food cellar from the old building it now occupies.

This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.

An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

This jam-packed Singapore antique museum preserves the fading remnants of a uniquely mixed culture.