Places Ryshili Wants to Go

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

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

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

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

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

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.