Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.

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.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

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The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

One man's little-known private clock museum hides inside a historic farmhouse, set amidst the Austrian countryside.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.

One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.