Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

This flagship of the Mexican Navy has had a bumpy second life after being retired from service.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

This haunting sculpture was created as a statement on the mechanized warfare of the First World War.

The building is topped by a Statue of Liberty statue whose torch has stayed burning since the museum opened.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.