Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

One of the windiest peaks in Crimea is home to an incredible set of cable bridges.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.