Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

The fastest way to send a message before electricity was invented.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

A replica of the first seismoscope ever invented.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.

Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.

This museum located in Fondi is also said to be the most haunted building in town.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.