Places KatKamakura Wants to Go

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

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

With a 90-foot wingspan, the world’s largest loon sculpture stands outside Allianz Field.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A small space-exploration exhibit hidden in a hotel.

This collection is the largest in the world dedicated to Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

The birthplace of a tobacco empire.

Scale the heights of this 100-foot play space shaped like a ferocious dragon.