Places jlskgrc Wants to Go

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

This diner from 1930s America now resides in a small town in the Netherlands.

An old, partly destroyed church, preserved in the state it was left in after a fire.

A gigantic teapot sitting on top of a parking garage in the center of Utrecht.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.