Places hapichapi Wants to Go

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

The most sacred Jewish shrine in Iran and a fine example of restoration works gone wrong.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.

A striking, modern church devoted to a nun who loved God and beer.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

Art historians have debated the identity of this medieval stone rider since the 19th century.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

A Roman calendar dating to the first century is tucked away in a small town alley.

An independent bookstore and press with a large collection of local and English-language literature.

A culturally significant rural temple in the beautiful mountains of Itoshima.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

This stretch of the ancient Roman road is preserved in a valley that witnessed many battles and legendary highwaymen.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.

Numerous stone coffins from different centuries, lined up in a sixth century basilica.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

In this museum, visitors are invited to touch the art.

The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.