Places blueheron28 Wants to Go

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.