Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Temple of a million beers.

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.