Places douglasjtimpe Wants to Go

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

A sun-filled museum featuring an ever-rotating collection of classic and exotic cars.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.