Places bibliobecca Wants to Go

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

An underground city of salt.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.