Places kristingail Wants to Go

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.