Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

A rare museum dedicated to a rather overlooked material in the history of fashion.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

A delightful museum entirely dedicated to the tiny homes of dolls.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Hidden beneath a washing machine in a fake kibbutz, this secret bullet factory has been preserved as a museum.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."