Places georgeindc Wants to Go

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.