Places Christopher Roehl Wants to Go

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

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

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.