Places claresmith Wants to Go

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

Artist and musician Will Menter creates musical sculptures.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

A memorial to the British politician who spearheaded the National Health Service.

This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.