Places Ryshili Wants to Go

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.