Places anfreba Wants to Go

A delightful museum devoted to the history of books.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

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

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

Africa's fourth longest river originates from a burbling spring in a secluded stretch of woods.

A museum devoted to the science of color.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.