Places isabelleryann Wants to Go

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The enchanting home of an eccentric Swedish physicist and author sits in the hills of Anacapri.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

An elegant church is home to a remarkably detailed mosaic floor depicting the Garden of Eden.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."

Decades of pinball and arcade classics line this South Florida outpost of a popular Northeast arcade.

Housed in a former air raid shelter, this museum is dedicated to the history of computing and video games.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.