Places roynunn Wants to Go

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

Where a rare geological phenomenon created a section of rock that resembles a checkerboard.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.