Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Got apples?

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.