Places revans Wants to Go

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

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

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.