Places emmaatlas Wants to Go

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

A mythological Celtic beast built with thousands of colorful tiles stands guard over a historic canal junction.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

A unique sculpture garden nestled among farm fields.

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

This quaint museum taps into the sweet history of the maple syrup industry.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.