Places nicolefrancis Wants to Go

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.