Places aestheticsnafu Wants to Go

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This is the house that spite built.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

Life-sized statues of two characters from a decades-long Japanese film series stand outside Shibamata station.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.