Places exploringwithkatie Wants to Go

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Dine on funerary beans alongside off-duty lucha libre wrestlers at this legume-centric spot near Museo Rufino Tamayo.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

Commemorating Frankfurt's Jewish community and 11,908 victims of the Holocaust.

This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.

Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.

Journey through a mesmerizing array of board games inside this museum.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.