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bryanwoerner

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A fan of the obscure and out of the way places.

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Butterflies at Insectropolis in New Jersey.

Toms River, New Jersey

Insectropolis

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

The Wheeler Historical Museum

Wheeler, Texas

The Wheeler Historical Museum

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

The Ronning Burl

Port McNeill, British Columbia

The Ronning Burl

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

A crowd of headless sculptures stands in the park.

Poznań, Poland

Nierozpoznani

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

Tübingen University Paleontological Collection

Tübingen, Germany

Tübingen University Paleontological Collection

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

Footprints on the dunes.

Mears, Michigan

Silver Lake Sand Dunes

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

The room is packed with outsider art.
Permanently Closed

London, England

Genius Treasure Museum

This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.

Casa Museo Pablo Escobar.

Medellín, Colombia

Casa Museo Pablo Escobar

This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

The Maiden Tower.

Baku, Azerbaijan

The Maiden Tower

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

The stele.

Cáceres, Spain

The 'Astronaut' of Casar

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

Captain Beany in the Baked Bean Museum of Excellence.
Permanently Closed

Port Talbot, Wales

Baked Bean Museum of Excellence

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

The church.

Skrzyńsko, Poland

Skrzyńsko Parish Church

Legend says a giant, venomous spider once dwelled within this Polish church.

The magnificent Falaise Castle.

Falaise, France

Château de Falaise

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

RV tracks

Wadi Rum Village, Jordan

Wadi Rum

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

I See It!

Lansing, Michigan

World's Largest Lug Nut

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

St. Hallvard's Church with its inverted dome, seen from one of Enerhaugen's high-rises.

Oslo, Norway

St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

Curtain closed.

Taos, New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence Forbidden Art

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

Bueren Mountain

Liège, Belgium

Bueren Mountain

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

The basilisk statue outside Bazyliszek Restaurant.

Warsaw, Poland

The Warsaw Basilisk

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

El Camino del Diablo

Arizona

El Camino del Diablo

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

Hampi

Hampi, India

Hampi

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

Wapping Old Stairs at low tide.

London, England

Site of Execution Dock

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Vicuña at the Pampas Galeras reserve.

Lucanas Province, Peru

Pampa Galeras National Reserve

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

Coca tea

Cusco, Peru

Museo de la Coca (Coca Museum)

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

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