Places Erin Johnson Wants to Go

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

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

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

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

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

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

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.