Places watsonswanderlust Wants to Go

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

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Back in the tiny USSR.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

An underground city of salt.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.