Places ephy Wants to Go

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.