Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

London's old-school healing garden.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Narrowest house in Boston.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.