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Barcelona, Spain
Casa Batlló
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
41.3917, 2.1650
Austin, Texas
Uncommon Objects
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
30.2291, -97.7830
Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
35.1347, -90.0577
Dripping Springs, Texas
Hamilton Pool
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
30.3423, -98.1271
Austin, Texas
Austin Moonlight Towers
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
30.2717, -97.7452
Brooklyn, New York
The Brooklyn Navy Yard
A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.
40.7026, -73.9698
Brooklyn, New York
Pratt Institute Engine Room
Haven for steampunks.
40.6922, -73.9630
San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
37.8093, -122.4159
San Francisco, California
Paxton Gate
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
37.7596, -122.4217
Istanbul, Turkey
Basilica Cisterns of Istanbul
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
41.0084, 28.9779
Barcelona, Spain
Festa Major de Gràcia
Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.
41.4002, 2.1576
Culver City, California
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
34.0257, -118.3953
Los Angeles, California
Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
33.9389, -118.2419
New York, New York
Greenwich Locksmith
Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.
40.7314, -74.0043
Brooklyn, New York
Newtown Creek Nature Walk
Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.
40.7363, -73.9488
New York, New York
The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
40.7281, -73.9948
New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
40.7126, -74.0068
New York, New York
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
40.7154, -73.9982
Brooklyn, New York
Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies
“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."
40.6776, -74.0184
Brooklyn, New York
BargeMusic
A cargo of beautiful music.
40.7030, -73.9953
Brooklyn, New York
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.
40.6814, -74.0043
Brooklyn, New York
New York Transit Museum
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
40.6905, -73.9900
Brooklyn, New York
Film Biz Recycling
A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.
40.6774, -73.9851
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
39.9535, -75.1768
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