Places ValarieD Wants to Go

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

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

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.