Places j3taylor Wants to Go

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

The oldest church in Mantua was buried for centuries under the facades of other structures.

Inside the small garden of two mid-century apartment buildings stands a centuries-old bell tower, separated from its original church and hidden from view.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

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A small villa said to have inspired the design of the court jester at the heart of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.