Places KMMF Wants to Go

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.

After decades of damage, this feat of timekeeping and automaton art has been given a new lease on life.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Perfume museum and library.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

The not-quite-incorruptible St. Bernadette is perhaps the most beautiful of preserved saints—with a little help from Paris.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.