Baltimore, Maryland
Bazaar
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Orlando, Florida
Progress City Model
A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mai-Kai Restaurant
When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.
London, England
Strawberry Hill
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
Washington, D.C.
Frederick Douglass’s House, Cedar Hill
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
Washington, D.C.
D.C.’s Floating Chandeliers
Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.
Oxford, Mississippi
Rowan Oak
William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman Bird Palaces
The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.
Wilmington, Delaware
Winterthur
A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.
Fair Haven, Vermont
Vermont's Marble Mansions
Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.
Jevnaker, Norway
Kistefos Museum
The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.
Promised Land, Australia
Tasmazia and the Village of Lower Crackpot
A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.
Queens, New York
Panorama of the City of New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Brooklyn, New York
The Grundhauser Hero Lending Library
"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Sea of Stars
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
London, England
The Duke of Wellington’s Mounting Stone
Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.
Granada, Nicaragua
Abandoned Hospital San Juan de Dios
The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Bradford College
A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
Eilean Donan
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Shengshan Island, China
Houtouwan
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Glenwood Hot Springs Pool
Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
The Dome of Light
The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.
Čičmany, Slovakia
Painted Village of Čičmany
A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.
Detroit, Michigan
Belle Isle Aquarium
The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.
