Places thisisrachelsmith Wants to Go

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

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A reminder of the gruesome punishments delivered to those who were found guilty during Scotland's witchcraft trials.

The south aisle of this church once served as a burial vault.

The sole surviving large cairn in an area that was once littered with burial monuments.

This ancient monument has been dissembled and put back together at least twice.

A circle made up of 19 boulders has stood in Scotland's Bladnoch Valley for some 4,000 years.

The remnants of a classic 1970's British film.

This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

Considered "the most original, complete, and unimproved" circles in Aberdeenshire.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.