Places miramarco Wants to Go

Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Watch bison, elk, and other wild animals up close at this national park.

These lights mark the area of Rotterdam that was bombed and burned in 1940.

Colorful mineral deposits turn these mountains into an Impressionist fantasy.

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Experience this Iron Age village the way that its original residents would have.

These ordinary blocks of stone are the last surviving remains of Tokyo's infamous red-light district.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.