Places strawmeadow Wants to Go

This bronze statue was dedicated to a 1966 Beatles hit.

The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

This magnificent arch is all that remains of a former smelt mill.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

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

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

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.

Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.