Places clhooper60 Wants to Go

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

Although called a funicular by both its owner and the locals this historic railroad is actually a rack and pinion system.

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Though it may look like a businessman's lost luggage, this case suspended under a highway bridge is actually a contemporary art installation.

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The ruins of a once-mighty medieval palace are hidden away in otherwise modern London

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.