Alnwick, England
Alnwick Poison Garden
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Places Madeleine Wants to Go
1939
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The Neon Museum
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Sorrento, Italy
Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
Centralia
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Mitaka, Japan
Ghibli Museum
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
Sedlec Ossuary ‘Bone Church’
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Ishinomaki, Japan
Cat Island
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
New York, New York
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
New York, New York
New York Society Library
New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
New York, New York
The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
New York, New York
William J. Syms Operating Theatre
Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.
New York, New York
Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
Brooklyn, New York
Monk Parakeets of Brooklyn College
Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.
Queens, New York
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.
New York, New York
Strecker Memorial Laboratory
Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
New York, New York
The Burns Archive
A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
New York, New York
First Shearith Israel Graveyard
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
New York, New York
Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
New York, New York
Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
New York, New York
The New York New Church
Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.
