Places RachelM Wants to Go

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.