New Orleans, Louisiana
Music Box Village
An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Luling Mansion
Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Tree of Life
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's Tomb
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Singing Oak
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Carousel Bar
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Abandoned Jazzland
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Museum of Death
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Bern, Switzerland
Beetz Patented Urinal
One of the few places in the world that let's you legally relieve yourself on a UNESCO world heritage site.
Bern, Switzerland
Elephant of Murten
The skeleton of a 19th-century elephant that was executed by cannonball.
Bern, Switzerland
Klingende Sammlung
An amazing collection of rare wind instruments where visitors can give the iconic Swiss Alphorn a toot.
Bern, Switzerland
Kornhauskeller Restaurant
Dining in this grain cellar feels like stepping onto a fantasy film set.
Bern, Switzerland
Museum of Communication
Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.
Bern, Switzerland
Méret Oppenheim Fountain
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
Bern, Switzerland
The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Bern, Switzerland
Bärengraben
The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.
Basel, Switzerland
Tinguely Fountain
This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.
Basel, Switzerland
Spalentor
The most impressive of Basel's three remaining city gates.
Basel, Switzerland
Hoosesagg Museum (Pants Pocket Museum)
The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.
Basel, Switzerland
Spielzeug Welten Museum
An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.
Bourg-en-Lavaux, Switzerland
Lavaux
Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.
Lausanne, Switzerland
Collection de l'Art Brut
Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.
Lausanne, Switzerland
'Echodrome'
This large sculpture of white plates and forms is actually a huge sound amplifier.
