Places alecbaechle Wants to Go

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

The Sun, Moon, and stars peacefully coexist with animals, humans, and their tools at this surprising sculpture park.

A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.