Places Edited by Chris Backe

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.