Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.

The village's cobblestone streets are lined with shops displaying exquisite copper craftsmanship.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.