Places mate Wants to Go

This beautiful Croatian fortress is haunted by legends of forbidden love.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.