Places greasekitten Wants to Go

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

This underpass became an unlikely piece of cinematic history after its appearance in 'A Clockwork Orange.'

This artificial lake surrounded by Brutalist architecture served as a stand-in for futuristic Britain in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange.'

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

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

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.