Places gretchenmora Wants to Go

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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.

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

This isolated and westernmost point of the Faroe Islands archipelago is home to thousands of seabirds.

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.