Places AdrianneOD Wants to Go

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.