Places Hermit Wants to Go

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

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

This beach pool offers a spectacle of crashing waves, blue hues, and a historical lighthouse.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The world's only known button museum.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.