Places Himanshu Wants to Go

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

This sign marks the start and end of Matt Green's nearly 10,000-mile quest to walk every block of every street in New York City.

Beautiful Romanesque arches in a recently rediscovered century old underground reservoir.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

The oldest Egyptian obelisk still standing in its original site.

Once home to the largest photo service in the United States.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Only seven masters are keeping the tradition of Hong Kong’s vanishing neon signs alive.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A forgotten underground railway once whooshed trams beneath London.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Tourists who rely on a transit map to find the iconic Beatles location often end up in a far-off neighborhood.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.