Places Petronille Wants to Go

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

Religious dwelling in a Spanish volcano.

A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.

Kissing the ass of this stone lioness has become a rite of passage in the city of Girona.

These fly sculptures are scattered around the city and represent the patron saint of Girona.

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...

This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.