Places Neftin Wants to Go

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

A strip of traditional hand towel serves as an admission ticket at this modern tenugui museum.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

Power line with pylons on huge concrete bases to prevent terrorist attacks.

Inside this discotheque resides a unique memorial dedicated to one club-goers favorite pet.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

Legend says this sculpture commemorates a brave baker who rescued the city in the Thirty Years' War.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.