Places Paracelsus Wants to Go

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

A family of distorted sculptures stands outside Seoul's former imperial palace.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

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

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.