Places hannahhch Wants to Go

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.