Places alessandralee Wants to Go

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

A place where shoes are not displayed as fashion, but dissected as objects of craft, industry and cultural identity.

Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.

The feminist fashion collective centering Palestinian craftsmanship and radical transparency.

This small museum explores Mexican history and culture through clothing.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

This sculpture is dedicated to a famed cryptid and local icon allegedly witnessed in the early 19th century.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

The North American Cryptid Museum doesn't simply tell stories about monsters—it invites you to step into their world.

Bunski Kanal is a hidden natural wonder where the emerald Buna River dramatically merges with the mighty Neretva through a narrow limestone channel.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.

A joyful oddity that takes the art of clowning very seriously.

This roadside installation gives travelers a chance to stretch their legs. Don't worry—it doesn’t bite!