Places bibliobecca Wants to Go

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

This multi-level, aqueduct-footbridge hybrid is one of the greatest works of the Spanish Renaissance.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.