Places jrschlange Wants to Go

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.