Places dptaylor Wants to Go

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A replica that won't float away.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.