Places canlarue Wants to Go

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

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

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

The elevator that makes it possible to fly American flags in bulk over the U.S. Capitol

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

The laboratory where the Soviet secret police invented exotic poisons used to kill dissidents in hideous and (mostly) untraceable ways.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.