Places shaunaexplores Wants to Go

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

This "mathematical tower" was an observatory, early skyscraper, and place to reflect on all of nature and the cosmos.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.