Places M0nac0 Wants to Go

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

This bronze statue of Martin Luther King was placed in the park without permission.

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

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

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The history and future of cannabis.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The narrowest street in Paris.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.