Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

The elevator that makes it possible to fly American flags in bulk over the U.S. Capitol

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.