Places Richard F Wants to Go

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

The train engine is tucked under an apartment building on a quiet Tokyo street.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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