Places Gamereg Wants to Go

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

Located on Guam's south shore, this small cave is named for an ancient and powerful Chamorro Chief.

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.