Places AaronNetsky Wants to Go

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.