Places squirrelcwalsh Wants to Go

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

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

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

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

Destructive children, start your engines.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.