Places sacflyribbie Wants to Go

The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.