Places Sarah Jones Wants to Go

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.