Places Liskaliska Wants to Go

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.