Places martynstyx Wants to Go

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

In a small town outside Jerusalem, a roadside diner is devoted to all things Elvis Presley.

Sitting right on the border between East and West Jerusalem this modern art museum is in itself a symbol of Israel's hoped-for unity.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

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

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.

This tiny town features a tiny town that acts as a 3D snapshot of the town during the 1950s.

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.