Places laurasmith Wants to Go

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

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

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

This tiny abode has been covered in the art of the little old lady who made her life and living there.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

Music boxes like you've never imagined.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

An amazing clockwork museum in the Val de Travers holds examples of various prestigious legacies horological history.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.