Places GRH Wants to Go

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

Perhaps the biggest draw to this mosque is its remote location and lack of tourists.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

The walls, tables, and much of the ceiling in this pizzeria are covered with $40,000 in $1 bills.

This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

The craziest comic book shop in São Paulo.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

Welded sphere dropped from space.

An important piece of history from mankind's journey to the moon sits in the lobby of a government science lab.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.