Places fbeast Wants to Go

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

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

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.