Places jclarson Wants to Go

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

A touching tribute to the "Wonky Donkey."

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

An enigmatic concrete structure in a lakeside Toronto park raises more questions than answers.

How did the 110-ton limestone statue cross the road?

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

This cairn in the shape of a woman has looked over a tiny Minnesota town for well over a century.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

A collection of whimsical metal sculptures scattered along a forest path.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.