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Austin, Texas
Brain Collection at the University of Texas at Austin
A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.
Places Erin Johnson Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria Scale Model of the Solar System
The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.
Sri Lanka
Saint Anthony’s Church and Cemetery
The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.
Priozerskiy rayon, Russia
Church of Andrew the Apostle
A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.
Parikkala, Finland
Veijo Rönkkönen Sculpture Garden
Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.
Memphis, Tennessee
Silky O'Sullivan's
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Lyon, France
Musée Miniature et Cinéma
Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.
Vernal, Utah
Fantasy Canyon
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Glen Ellen, California
The Wolf House - Jack London State Park
The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.
Kyoto, Japan
Sagano Bamboo Forest
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
A Coruña, Spain
Menhires Pola Paz
Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.
Santa Clarita, California
Oak of the Golden Dream
According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.
Santa Clarita, California
Beale's Cut
Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.
Hauterives, France
Le Palais Idéal
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Séance Room at Muriel's Jackson Square
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Broken Relationships
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
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Thurmont, Maryland
Lawyer's Farm
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
Amiens, France
Jules Verne's Tomb
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Vienna, Austria
Clock Museum
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Halberstadt, Germany
Sankt Burchardi Church Organ
Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Passau, Germany
Europe's Largest Pipe Organ
When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.
Shammar, Mongolia
The Mother Tree
This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.
Waldeck, Germany
The Drowned Convent and Village of Berich
As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.
