Places bibliobecca Wants to Go

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

At this fountain, Pongo and Missis of "The Hundred and One Dalmatians," stopped to drink.

An Art Nouveau church decorated in mother-of-pearl and aluminum.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.

This 17th-century place of worship still celebrates holidays in the traditional Swedish fashion.

The grave of the famous painter is marked by a simple stone in the ground.

Beautiful and terrifying masks displayed in the island’s only mask library.

This walk to the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by modern statues of Mochica Gods.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

This store decorated with Japanese and underground pop culture items has been the centre of Barcelona alternative fashion scenes for more than a decade.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

One of just five sand-floor Jewish synagogues in the world.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.