Places Renard Wants to Go

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

The largest refracting telescope in Europe is housed on the grounds of a former French castle.

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

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

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.