Places phildzielski Wants to Go

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

This quaint museum tells about more than just the birth of Jesus: "betlémy" are an important piece of Czech history.

A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."