Places Shiv Wants to Go

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

Originally planted by the ancient Carthaginians, this sprawling palm grove is one of the largest in the world.

A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.