Berlin, Germany
Badeschiff
Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.
Places catbacon Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Chicago, Illinois
Lucent
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
San Diego, California
1895 Looff Carousel
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
Seattle, Washington
Off the Rez Cafe
Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?
Washington, D.C.
The Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar
When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.
Boston, Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall Weathervane
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Sacred Cod
No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Bad Art
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Backstreet Cultural Museum
The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The New Orleans Train Garden
Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Museum of the American Cocktail
If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Prague, Czechia
Periodic Table of Charles University
A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.
Prague, Czechia
Prague Pneumatic Post
The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.
Prague, Czechia
Tančící dům - Dancing House of Prague
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Berlin, Germany
Onkel Toms Hütte (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Velvet
Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.
Berlin, Germany
Museum of Unheard-of Things
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
Tajikistan Tearoom
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
