Places Dave Davis Wants to Go

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

This riverside restaurant delivers elegant dining in a historic 1901 train depot. 

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.