Places bibliobecca Wants to Go

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.