Places danielrthorne Wants to Go

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.