Places afink Wants to Go

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

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

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

Travel back in time at a Moroccan-inspired restaurant that was the height of glamor in the 1970s.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

The crumbling remnants of this 19th-century quarantine hospital hint at the touristy island's darker past.

This ruins of an abandoned Victorian-era mental health facility.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.