Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

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

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.