Places matthewmetcalfe Wants to Go

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

A collection of modern and vintage pinball machines housed in the cellar of a 15th-century building.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

Built in 1968, this arthouse has kept its movie-palace decor and has its own museum.

A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.

A 10-foot segment of the concrete barrier stands quietly on the campus.

Built 1,500 years ago, this abandoned Mesoamerican city is surrounded by a natural wall made of outstanding rock formations.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

A small museum dedicated to the small—but mighty—Nürnberger Rostbratwurst.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

Turns out fishing with dynamite isn't all that safe.