Places romanhyrc Wants to Go

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

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.