Places Edward Denny Wants to Go

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

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

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

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