Places Thalia Wants to Go

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

This historic cemetery is home to the largest private mausoleum in Europe.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

One of the most colorful free outdoor attractions in San Diego, this park is filled with murals and ties to history.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.