Places milocedwards Wants to Go

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.