Paris, France
The Grand Lodge of France
One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Paris, France
One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Los Angeles, California
The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Montrose, South Dakota
A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Kissimmee, Florida
Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Faber, Virginia
Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Sainte-Flavie, Québec
An ever-changing gathering of crude wooden figures haunts the St. Lawrence River.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Nice, France
This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.
Niagara Falls, New York
Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Besançon, France
One of the world's most complex timepieces.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.