Places Added by Dylan Thuras

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.