Mexico City, Mexico
La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls)
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
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Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Washington, D.C.
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Washington, D.C.
The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.
Washington, D.C.
A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.
Castro, Italy
Wander through the Corridor of Wonders in these stunning limestone caverns.
Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France
The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.
Langkawi, Malaysia
Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.
Somerville, Massachusetts
A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects
Bruges, Belgium
Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Portraits of musicians line Oude Binnenweg, the jazziest street in the city.
Brussels, Belgium
This non-profit theatre in the heart of Brussels is dedicated to hosting independent films.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.
Dublin, Ireland
More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.
Dublin, Ireland
This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.
Viry-Noureuil, France
The somewhat misnamed 'Garden of Shells' lovingly built from found objects.
Louviers, France
A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
Saint-Ouen, France
An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Paris, France
This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.