Places GingerAl Wants to Go

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

This sacred, circular cave is lined with pools so clear and still that it's hard to tell where the water begins.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

This former hospital was once one of the oldest mental health facilities in Europe.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

Over 60 species of birds inhabit this colorful aviary park in South Africa.

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.