Places Wendy Jones Wants to Go

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

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

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.