Places Lex Berko Wants to Go

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.