Places Ruthless1040 Wants to Go

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.