Places DrChopSuey Wants to Go

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

This Masonic lodge was the first major private building to be constructed in Washington, D.C. after the Civil War.

The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.

This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

A brass and marble scale model of the solar system embedded in the concrete.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.