Places Christine Maia Wants to Go

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This historic Canadian jail was once the longest operating prison in the country and is now open for people to incarcerate themselves.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.