Places Joe Wants to Go

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

Not many houses move across borders, this one did it twice.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.