Places bernadeenvaldez Wants to Go

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This permanent exhibition showcases the historical significance and cultivation of pineapples.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A mural recalls a fictional woman who once lived at 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Brussels.

The birthplace of Jane Austen commemorated the 200th anniversary of her death with a bronze statue of the beloved author.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

A stone nook where Frederick Douglass escaped the world to think, read, and write.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Engraved in stone here are the signatures of everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

See one of the earliest depictions of a Christian ceremony – with a woman at the center!

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.