Places shibumy Wants to Go

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Israel's premiere solar energy research facility provides energy to nomads.

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."

This dome-shaped mountain boasts amazing views and has a rich religious history.

The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.

Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

One of only three fountains created by the iconic architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

An autonomous community living in the southern Negev desert.

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

Discover the taste of mold.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.