Places sethcwilson Wants to Go

excavated small Roman castle in the woods close to Pohlheim

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

A collection of nostalgic items from the Showa era with an exhibit on the local ghost story of the Snow Woman.

A small museum dedicated to the history and design of German packaging.

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

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

Germany's tiniest institution of education.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

Not only does this shop sell mokorotlo, the traditional hat of Lesotho, the building is shaped like one.

An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

For more than 70 years, this small shop has been a go-to for Kolkata's fountain pen connoisseurs and collectors.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.