Places michaelfrolekturner Wants to Go

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.