Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A science teacher's dream.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A Bibliophile's Dream.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.