Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.

Step into this whimsical art installation based on a popular picture book.

Hidden in a Hollywood apartment, this restaurant takes diners on a gastronomic journey through West Africa.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.

These colorful staircases can be found around Goa’s capital.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.