Places brittanyjones Wants to Go

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."