Places Shastified Wants to Go

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

A small Oslo museum dedicated to failed products, bad ideas, overhyped inventions, and the strange lessons hidden inside them.

Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

A free James Turrell artwork all to yourself

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

This sculpture is a cross between an observatory and an earth mound to honor the community's rich history.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.

"You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks"-Barber's Maxim.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.

A series of concentric circles represented a bold new experiment in socialist urban planning, and it notoriously difficult to get around.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.