Places minxlj Wants to Go

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

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

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

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This hidden pre-Columbian rock art depicts a whale hunt.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

These unconventional "tub boats" let locals row around the island's turbulent coast.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.