Places drobert Wants to Go

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

This 19th-century zoological collection has withstood the test of time.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

Marvel at this immense work of art that greets arrivals to the city.

Instead of sermons, this church became home to millions of books.

A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

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

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

A grand Wetherspoon pub set in a former opera house dating back to 1902.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

This Greek Orthodox church houses the mummified body of St. Spyridon.

Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

A public center dedicated to showcasing and conserving the enormous shaggy Poitou donkey.

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.