Places shell42 Wants to Go

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

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

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

Since 1768, the pillar at Guildhall Market in Bath has been a hub of economic transactions.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.