Places Nicola B Wants to Go

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."