Places knewc Wants to Go

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.