Places AaronNetsky Wants to Go

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.