Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.

The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.