Places DrChopSuey Wants to Go

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A physical reminder of Earth's ancient past, this rock results from the photosynthetic processes of some of the oldest forms of life.

A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.

A merry-go-round that became a rallying point for the early Civil Rights Movement.

One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

Don't miss the xylotheque (a library of wood) at this museum devoted to cork.

Sample port and quinine-fortified wine at this fourth-generation winery near Porto.

Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.

Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”