Washington, D.C.
Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Brištane, Croatia
This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.
Toronto, Ontario
One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.
Ventnor, Australia
An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.
Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands
This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
New York, New York
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Hebron, New Hampshire
This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Santa Ysabel, California
Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
New York, New York
Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
Smyrna, New York
See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.
San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Tintern, Wales
This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.