Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

One of only two towns in Israel populated by Circassians, a sect of Sunni Muslims who are also devoted to Israeli military service.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

The U.S.' first commercial park dedicated entirely to flying drones.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

An engineering masterpiece, or “Scheme of Madness?”