Places Emily B Wants to Go

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

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

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant