Places emmeliamathews Wants to Go

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

A well-traveled statuette of a much-beloved village icon.

Near this coastal cave stands a small memorial to the hermit who made it his home for three decades.

Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

The oldest natural aquarium in the United Kingdom.

This tiny getaway tucked away in an uninhabited Scottish valley isn't your ordinary teahouse.

A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.

The artwork is tucked within a cave on a tiny Scottish island only accessible at low tide.

An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

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

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

A carved bench marks the Scottish cave that inspired the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."