Places julieruin Wants to Go

A Japanese fertility god in the shape of a large phallus.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.

Eat your way through history.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.

This 12-seat movie theater is the smallest in the world.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Pay a visit to America's oldest yarn shop.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.