Places A.M. Brune Wants to Go

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

This kaleidoscopic house may be the most bizarre on the island of Fuerteventura.

A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The oldest private residence in New York City.