Places Ala Pardyl Wants to Go

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A historical observatory still in use by modern astronomers.

The site of the original experiment that would be used to disprove the theory of luminiferous ether.

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.

A large collection of solar and night-time telescopes dot a small area on the Teide mountain range.

The ruins of the first mountaintop observatory are just a hike away.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.