Places lenayehtaylor Wants to Go

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.