Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

The whole world in one water tank.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.