Places augustrich06 Wants to Go

This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.