Places xxrye Wants to Go

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.