Places Michael Inscoe Wants to Go

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

An extraordinary museum devoted to the pop art legend created by Slovak artists.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.