Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

A collection of 4,000 thimbles that's more versatile than one might imagine.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

The last operating synagogue in Afghanistan is run by Zablon Simintov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.