Places Edward Denny Wants to Go

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

A magical expanse of colorful street murals lies hidden within the quiet neighborhood.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Taxidermy of a famous hippo who spent three years walking over a thousand miles across South Africa.

Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.