Places drobert Wants to Go

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The grave of the famous painter is marked by a simple stone in the ground.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

This collection features more than 240 antiquarian maps from around the world, in addition to historical views and plates focusing on North Florida.

This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.

Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

A gorgeous and extensive collaboration between biologists and artists, displaying skeletons and other animal remnants in lifelike poses.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

This is part of the Francke Foundation Museum, a curiosity cabinet filled with different scientific and natural wonders.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

A set of outdoor stairs named in honor of a famous Austrian artist.

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.

The origin of these small islands' sweet names is a local mystery.

These winding paths and vertical ramps have been inspiring skateboarders for nearly half a century.

One of the largest refracting telescopes in the world, and the first built specifically for studying astrophysics.

Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.