Places embentley1 Wants to Go

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

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.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

The second largest maple syrup producer in the U.S. runs a high-tech operation.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.