Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Looking for the train station? Try the building shaped like a train.

In the palace with a thousand doors, not all of them are guaranteed to lead you somewhere new.

A 30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

A chunk of Skylab debris adorns this small museum at a roadside motel in Western Australia.

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This former train station was once an important shipping depot for the regions farmers.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.