Places Traveler Tim Wants to Go

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A serene, almost spiritual place to do one's business. Who knew a public toilet could inspire and awe?

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

The former home of a disgraced local priest now hosts a mysterious secret supper club.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.