Guoliang, China
Guoliang Tunnel
A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.
Places gawthique Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Los Angeles, California
Venice Beach Freakshow
The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Museum of Miniature Books
A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wagner Free Institute
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Shoreham, New York
Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory
An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.
New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Beacon, New York
Bannerman's Castle
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Permanently Closed
Danvers, Massachusetts
Danvers State Hospital
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
Montague, Massachusetts
The Montague Book Mill
Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.
Bangor, Maine
International Cryptozoology Museum
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Dawson City, Yukon
The Sourtoe Cocktail
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Watson Lake, Yukon
Watson Lake Sign Post Forest
Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.
