Dublin, Ireland
The Long Room Library at Trinity College
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Issaquah, Washington
Treehouse Point
A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.
Inyo County, California
Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Brumadinho, Brazil
Inhotim Museum
The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.
Gothenburg, Sweden
Malm Whale
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Budapest, Hungary
Hospital in the Rock
A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.
Baker City, Oregon
The Great Salt Lick
A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.
Shelburne, Vermont
Shelburne Farms
A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.
Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contraception and Abortion
This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.
Wallachia, Romania
Poenari Castle
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
Paris, France
Musée Curie
The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.
Morondava, Madagascar
Avenue of the Baobabs
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Tirana, Albania
Bunk'Art
Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Berchtesgaden Salt Mine
Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Micropia
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Wanaka, New Zealand
Puzzling World
New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.
Dolní Morava, Czechia
Dolní Morava Sky Walk
The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.
Dublin, Ireland
Marsh's Library
The oldest public library in Ireland.
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Cango Caves
Largest cave system in Africa.
Helsinki, Finland
The National Library of Finland
Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.
Helsinki, Finland
Temppeliaukio Church
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Oamaru, New Zealand
Steampunk HQ
The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Barcelona, Spain
Chocolate Museum
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
