Places babewithclaws Wants to Go

This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

The ruins of an ancient mansion sits in front of and underneath a contemporary art gallery.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

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

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

Visit a museum dedicated to the “the king of cheeses.”

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

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

Head to this repurposed Renault van for fiery sausages and fries.