Places mkowal Wants to Go

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

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.