Places platyjule Wants to Go

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The world's longest known cave system.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.