Places mordekia Wants to Go

An eclectic collection of mathematical items that include puzzles, art, calculating devices, and historical reproductions.

Among the strip malls and stoplights stands a giant, orange T. rex made of concrete with glowing red eyes.

This museum holds the most comprehensive collection of Armenian art in the world.

A Provincetown shop that sells exactly one thing — a pink cupcake — and whose owner fought the town for the right to keep selling it.

The Golden Dome is the most recognized building on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame

There is no other town or city in the world with the name Swayzee

One man’s nostalgic collection of ’50s Americana

This descriptively-named art museum occupies an abandoned former county jail

A statue honoring the great University of Notre Dame football coach

A pink giant of fibreglass and metal watching the Eyre Highway from a rural roadside

An abstract monument by the famous Berlin sculptor Georg Kolbe for Emil and Walther Rathenau with an eventful history

This quiet, scenic spot was once a busy resort paradise

Berlin’s "Gallic Village" of the Far-Left: The COOP Anti-War Café

A lioness and her cub stand watch from the side of a building on one of Queens' busiest streets

A folkloric creature relieving itself at the summer solstice

This modest span in an industrial neighborhood is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States

This cross between a retro arcade and a living museum provides visitors with the opportunity to operate antique coin-operated automatons, games, and other machines

This neighborhood was built in the golden age of Art-Decó, and its buildings are essential to understanding this style

A strip of neglected land next to a highway now serves as a showcase for local artists

An original from the King of Pop's 1995 army of ten fiberglass giants, now looming in a Swedish industrial area

A general store in rural New York has been selling hardware, candy, and conversation to the same families for 175 years straight.

A meeting of art and architecture adorns this 5 star hotel

The birthplace of the beloved colorful crayons right in downtown Easton

This sculpture shows an iconic image typical of Ibiza that, however, did not take place here