Places Kelsey Kennedy Wants to Go

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A science teacher's dream.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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