Places Joshua Foer Wants to Go

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

One of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet is located in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

This synagogue is covered in beautiful mosaics that explore the history of the Jewish people.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.