Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

A museum in a law office, filled with authentic and counterfeit goods.

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.