Places cmstoelb Wants to Go

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

A 15th-century Corsican chapel that possesses a rare Catholic monument: a "Scala Santa," or "Holy Stairs."

A tragic legacy of the attempt to beautify Skopje and line the pockets of corrupt politicians

Built in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, this cathedral is one of the finest examples of Sicilian Baroque architecture.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

A peaceful Elves-fairytale landscape hides an evil scar, a chasm so dark and daunting that for centuries it was believed to be the gateway to hell.

Three people can fit inside this little Serbian Orthodox church carved inside a 500-year-old oak tree.

Inside a grand Victorian-era carriage house is the oldest automobile collection in the United States.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.