Places adamantum Wants to Go

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Known as the "Finger of God," a dramatic rock formation resembles a divine hand extending towards the heavens.

This Brazilian palace island was once the site of the last grand ball before revolution.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.