Places johnbrodkin Wants to Go

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.