Places hapichapi Wants to Go

This century-old street sign is a forgotten remnant of the old city.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

Two Chinese dragons guard the caves of this medieval temple in Iran.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

A series of well-preserved ruins show the culture of the ancient Benehoaritas people.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

Known as the "Queen of Beach Markets," Calangute epitomizes Goa's beach flea market scene.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.