Places rviola61 Wants to Go

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.