Places carofine Wants to Go

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

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

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.