Places Nuclearpomegranate Wants to Go

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

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This world-class vineyard has a peculiar collection of contemporary sculptures scattered across the property.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.