Places gitteschmitz Wants to Go

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

This retro izakaya street is a unique legacy of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

This lonely rock along a gravel road outside of the southern Swedish village of Eksjö reminds us of a dark chapter in Swedish post-war history.

The technology company Ericsson erected a real rune stone to mark the birthplace of the wireless technology.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

The only museum dedicated to the American street artist is in rural Japan.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

This futuristic-looking museum was built for the centennial of Japan's most innovative toilet.

A precursor to Taro Okamoto’s iconic Tower of the Sun.