Places nychris Wants to Go

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of writer P.L. Travers and her most beloved character, Mary Poppins.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.

A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

Outside of Budapest, a reconstruction of a 16th-century fortress.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

The oldest ruins at this castle overlooking Georgia's Terek River Valley date back to the 10th century.

This small archipelago in northern Lake Superior was formed by a massive meteorite impact 450 million years ago.

The overgrown ruins of this once majestic castle sit forlornly in the Scottish countryside.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

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

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.

Life-sized statues of two characters from a decades-long Japanese film series stand outside Shibamata station.

Peer into this window for an interesting glimpse into the public utilities that make this city run.