Places kbanshee Wants to Go

The library of every book lover's dreams.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.