Shakaria, Jordan
Hejaz Railway Train of Wadi Rum
A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Hamburg, Germany
Harry’s Harbor Bazaar
A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.
Cayman Islands
Temple Beth Shalom
This tiny, charming synagogue in the Cayman Islands was built by a man as a present for his Jewish wife.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.
Radebeul, Germany
Lügenmuseum
A museum dedicated to telling lies in service of the truth.
Paris, France
The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Caernarfon, Wales
Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel
This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.
Brooklyn, New York
Columbia Street Waterfront District Sculpture Garden
This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Biblioteca Ets Haim
The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.
Los Angeles, California
Chicken Boy
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Keswick, England
Derwent Pencil Museum
A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.
Essex, Connecticut
The Griswold Inn
British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.
Evanston, Illinois
Halim Time & Glass Museum
The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.
Evanston, Illinois
Grosse Point Lighthouse
A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.
London, England
The Taskmaster’s House
A former groundskeeper’s cottage, now famous for being the main location of a hit British comedy game show.
Springfield, Massachusetts
The Titanic Museum
Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.
Hobart, Australia
Mawson's Huts Replica Museum
The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
Nashville, Tennessee
Hatch Show Print
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Marazion, England
St Michael's Mount
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Saint Austell, England
Lost Gardens of Heligan
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground
This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.
London, England
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Vectors of Disease Frieze
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
London, England
Sir Ernest Shackleton's Crow's Nest
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
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.
