Places Ashley Wants to Go

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.