Places Matthew Taub Wants to Go

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

A fresco in this magnificent palace is said to have been the first depiction of the Taj Mahal's design.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

A pocket of Buenos Aires with an unusually high concentration of psychotherapists.

This Argentinian hedge maze is an intricate tribute to a famous surrealist author.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Webcam that broadcast the hatching of Bald Eagles to millions of viewers.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.