Places Susie Armitage Wants to Go

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A Russian museum dedicated to the household staple, the samovar.

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.

Stalin's secret bunker.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

The coldest city in the world.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.