London, England
Horizon Insects
London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Tongue & Brisket
This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.
London, England
Replica of the Golden Hinde
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London, England
The Navigators
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
Brunel Museum Grand Entrance Hall
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
London, England
The Cathedral of Sewage
This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.
London, England
London Transport Museum Depot
The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
London, England
The Executioner's Ax
Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.
London, England
V&A Museum of Childhood
A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.
London, England
Freud Museum London
The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.
London, England
The Wildgoose Memorial Library
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
Glasgow, Scotland
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Brickbottom Building
A century-old factory reborn as an artist-run live-work building.
Washington, D.C.
The National Gallery's Art Materials Collection
The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.
Washington, D.C.
Southwest Duck Pond
This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Observatory Library
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
Washington, D.C.
Grace Hopper's Bug
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
Washington, D.C.
Alferd Packer Cannibal Plaque
A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.
Washington, D.C.
Starship Enterprise NCC-1701
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Washington, D.C.
Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Card Catalog
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
Washington, D.C.
Peacock Room
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
Washington, D.C.
The Old Patent Model Museum
During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
