Places connorer Wants to Go

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

Spend the night inside a two-story elephant villa.

This cavern was used as a hidden hospital and safe house during the Vietnam War.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.