Places White Rat Wants to Go

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

The narrowest street in Paris.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.