Places jmpasko Wants to Go

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.

The history and future of cannabis.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

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

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Definitely not a clown bar.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.