Places msfortune Wants to Go

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.