Places MidlifeAdventuring Wants to Go

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

New York's oldest magic store.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.