Places bibliobecca Wants to Go

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The world's longest known cave system.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.