Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Lima, Peru
The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.
Leeds, England
This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
Iceland
The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.
Iceland
A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.
Iceland
These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.
Lübbenau/Spreewald, Germany
A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Joplin, Missouri
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Seguin, Texas
The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.
Vienna, Austria
A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.
Vienna, Austria
An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.
Vienna, Austria
Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.
Vienna, Austria
Op-art architecture designed for happiness.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.