Places Vrielinkie Wants to Go

The remains of this ornate chapel now act as a portal to a cramped French cemetery.

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

Whether hero or rogue, his silver bullet is said to have taken down the murderous "Beast of Gevaudan."

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.