Places monadisa Wants to Go

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

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

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

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

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

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.