Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.

This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.