Places roxanneheston Wants to Go

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Definitely not a clown bar.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.