Paris, France
The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Paris, France
Museum of the History of Medicine
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Paris, France
Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
Shakespeare and Company
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Brussels, Belgium
Comic Strip Route
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art
From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama's Dinner Table
The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.
Santa Ana Chapitiro, Mexico
Temple of Santa Muerte
This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.
Mexico City, Mexico
Palacio Postal
Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.
Palenque, Mexico
Palenque
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Mexico City, Mexico
Santuario Nacional del Angel de la Santa Muerte
A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
National Museum of Death
A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Bad Art
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Oslo, Norway
Viking Ship Museum
Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.
Heimaey, Iceland
World's Largest Puffin Colony
Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Whales of Iceland
The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.
Iceland
Grafarkirkja
The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.
Bíldudalur, Iceland
Skrímslasetrið
The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.
Aarhus, Denmark
Bispetorvet Dinosaur Footprint
A public display of random paleontology.
Roskilde, Denmark
Roskilde Viking Ship Museum
Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Museum Obscurum
This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jens Olsen's World Clock
The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Geological Museum
Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.
Helsingør, Denmark
Kronborg Castle (Elsinore)
Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
