Places cait7911 Wants to Go

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

This quirky shop on a former farm is full of weird and wonderful oddities and antiques.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

Sleep in the hay, spin the wheel and eat grain pellets to your heart's delight.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.