Places redpessima Wants to Go

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

An unexpected public exhibit showcases the diversity of Dutch street posts.

These public toilets also provide entertainment for visitors to Amsterdam’s Red Light District.

One of the largest vehicles ever built is now open to the public.

The last active narrow-gauge forest railway in Europe.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.