Places Marina Wang Wants to Go

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

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

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Thousands of costumed dolls fill one of the world's creepiest museums.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

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

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

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

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

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

Make a beeline to this rural outpost for one of Thailand’s rarest desserts.

Wake up early for 'trader's rice,' a highly regional Thai-Muslim specialty.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.