Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The only museum about the history of dentistry in Canada.

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

Artistic cabins actually grow deep in the Canadian wilderness.

A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

An old drug store full of mortars and pestles, pill-making machines, and medicines reputed to cure most any illness.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

This Novia Scotia museum showcases local history through miniature models built by one man.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.