Places joannecr125 Wants to Go

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

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

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.