Places shatteredpools Wants to Go

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

Legend says the only thing buried within this magnificent tomb was a dog.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.