Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

The former home of Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint now houses a collection of Berber art and artifacts.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

These primitive rock paintings include a very beloved depiction of a woolly mammoth.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

This tiny, charming synagogue in the Cayman Islands was built by a man as a present for his Jewish wife.