Places catbacon Wants to Go

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

Remnants of an old bank adorn this station's brick wall.

What happens when a chef with indigenous roots takes over a hotel-restaurant?

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.