Places Jane August Wants to Go

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

This collection of 20th-century toys is filled with a lifelong personal toy collection brought from the U.S. to Amsterdam.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

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

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."