Places Robert Rose Wants to Go

This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

This installation turns abstract economics into a stark, public spectacle.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

Try an original egg cream at this museum located inside one of the last surviving old-fashioned seltzer factories in America.

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

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

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

Get up close to an F-4 Phantom flown in the Vietnam War at this Florida park.

Approximately 65,000 gallons of crystal clear water pour out of this headspring every minute.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

Ch-Ch-Check out the world's largest hand-painted 3D mural.

This two-and-a-half-ton chunk of rock was gifted to the Prudential company by the British Navy in 1955.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

This museum is a music lover's introduction to the iconic venue.