Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Invented in the mid-19th century, this machine could send copied images via telegraph lines.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

These desert alfalfa farms redefine the meaning of crop circles.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Standing 26 feet high and 13 feet in diameter, is this the world’s smallest volcano?

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

Housed in a Japanese colonial-era bank, this cafe pours next-level cold brew.

Step back in time at this historic variety store, packed with items from a bygone era.

A natural sandstone bridge nestled within a mature forest in southern Illinois.

The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

From grand battles to daily life, this Spanish museum offers a view of world history in miniature.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

The fourth-oldest baseball stadium in the United States is in a league of its own.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects