Places tikiman7 Wants to Go

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

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

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

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.