Places Edited by icatsstaci

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.