Places Donna McColl Wants to Go

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

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

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

A former salt mine is now a cool picnic spot for families and asthmatics.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

A small stone boy mischievously turns his backside toward the city’s most famous water carrier.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A natural bridge formed by limestone travertines in Armenia's Vorotan River Canyon.

Thousands of foxes are said to gather and parade across the neighborhood of Ōji on New Year’s Eve.

A small shrine run entirely by vending machines.

A gem in the middle of the desert that looks like it came straight from a fairytale.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.