Places zaphyr8 Wants to Go

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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.