Places bibliobecca Wants to Go

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This abandoned stepwell is one of the largest, deepest, and certainly one of the creepiest in India.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.