Places gracenobles2110 Wants to Go

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.