Places Michelle D Wants to Go

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This life-sized sculpture has gained a reputation for bringing luck to anybody who touches it.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

There's light and a dreamlike panorama at the end of this tunnel.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.