Places meekskalen Wants to Go

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

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

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

Discover what life is like on Amsterdam’s famous canals.

This collection of 20th-century toys is filled with a lifelong personal toy collection brought from the U.S. to Amsterdam.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

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

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.