Places Skankatron Wants to Go

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

New York's oldest magic store.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.