Places larasproat Wants to Go

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

This Brooklyn curiosity shop has its own magic theater and a singing mechanical bird that sparked an online feud with Kelly Clarkson.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

A bustling bazaar with an elaborate facade in Central Asia’s underrated capital.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

A safe sanctuary for rescued shelter cats with an imaginative, glitter-infused experience

A movie theater, film museum, and cat sanctuary all in one.

A seaside haven for 300 rescued cats.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.