Places EdHinDC Wants to Go

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

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

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

Berlin's old airport.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.