Places TheWanderBroad Wants to Go

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Peruse produce from Senegal, Cameroon, and other West African nations at this sprawling market.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.