Places Added by Rachel James

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Downieville's largest Gold Rush structure still standing has one of the longest bars in California.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

A town whose main resource was blue asbestos... what could possibly go wrong?

Former host to the World Elephant Polo Championships.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.