Places janepeytonjohnson Wants to Go

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.

A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.