Places bibliobecca Wants to Go

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.

A 14th-century abbey founded by a forest-loving order of monks now sits in the center of a pristine nature preserve.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

A Dutch museum preserves the world's most diverse collection of vertical slices of soil.

The Yiddish language stages a renaissance in a shtetl-inspired cultural center on the San Diego coast.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

A tribute to the region's rich history of pottery art.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

An interactive museum and restaurant devoted to a prestigious breed of cattle.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

A fascinating community art piece created by students, teachers, and noted Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar.

Visitors to this temple are greeted by a massive collection of wooden dolls said to bring good fortune.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.