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Santiago, Chile
La Chascona
Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.
-33.4311, -70.6345
Barcelona, Spain
Casa Batlló
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
41.3917, 2.1650
Munich, Germany
Viscardigasse
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
48.1413, 11.5775
Paris, France
Le Passe-Muraille
This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.
48.8875, 2.3381
Carcassonne, France
La Cité Médiévale de Carcassonne
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
43.2063, 2.3643
Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
48.8594, 2.3910
Lisse, Netherlands
Keukenhof Gardens
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
52.2713, 4.5464
Paris, France
Musée de Cluny
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
48.8472, 2.3444
Paris, France
Chapelle Notre Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse
A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.
48.8509, 2.3233
Paris, France
Grande Galerie de l'Évolution
Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.
48.8417, 2.3564
Paris, France
Deyrolle Taxidermy
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
48.8563, 2.3263
Paris, France
Shakespeare and Company
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
48.8526, 2.3471
Paris, France
La Conciergerie
This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.
48.8555, 2.3459
Paris, France
Musée Carnavalet
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
48.8570, 2.3628
Paris, France
Paris Padlocks of Love
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
48.8578, 2.3374
Paris, France
59 Rivoli
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
48.8592, 2.3458
Valparaiso, Chile
La Sebastiana
Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.
-33.0539, -71.6224
São Paulo, Brazil
Livraria da Vila
The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.
-23.5627, -46.6674
São Paulo, Brazil
Butantan Snake Institute
A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.
-23.5691, -46.7148
Bonito, Brazil
Gruta Do Lago Azul (Blue Lake Grotto)
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
-21.1448, -56.5913
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