Places julialalexander Wants to Go

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.