Places ProstheticShrew Wants to Go

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The history of West London’s water supply.