Places Polytropa Wants to Go

Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.