Places scheung Wants to Go

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."