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Severalls Asylum in Mile End, United Kingdom
Built in 1910, this co-ed asylum was a beautifully ornate building designed by architect Frank Whitmore, and a nightmare of experimental psychiatry for patients. Based on an architectural layout called...
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Sex Machines Museum in Prague, Czech Republic
Near the Old Town Square, if one is "into" such a thing, there lies a museum full of sexy devices and contraptions all designed to make sexual pleasure a little more mechanical. Perhaps that...
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Spreuerhofstrasse in Reutlingen, Germany
The often improvised building practices of 18th century Europe led to countless examples of buildings squashing up against one another, blocking out the sun, and making historic cities more than a...
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The Eye of Diablo in Livermore , California
The "Eye of Diablo," an aerial navigation beacon at the peak of Mt. Diablo, looks out on one of the finest views in the world.Installed by Standard Oil Company to assist in commercial aviation, it was...
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Po Shanu Cham Towers in Phan Thiết, Vietnam
While there are little remnants of the once flourishing Cham empire that once created intricate stone structures across Vietnam, the crumbling Po Shanu Cham Towers are a telling reminder of a once...
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Crocodile Harry's Underground Nest & Dugout in Coober Pedy, Australia
In an entire town where the homes, businesses, and all other structures are dug right out of the ground it takes a site as insane as Crocodile Harry's Underground Nest & Dugout to stand out with...
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Modern Toilet Restaurant in Datong District, Taiwan
You'd think that a bathroom-themed restaurant may be good for a one-off novelty schtick that grabs people for a quick minute, but apparently it has enough legs to warrant a whole chain.The flagship...
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Kyteler's Inn in Kilkenny, Ireland
Dame Alice Kyteler was a very powerful woman in 14th century Ireland, but with that power came both devotion and bitter jealousy, the latter leading to the first witch trial in all of Ireland.Born into...
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Mount Davis in Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania
The highest point in Pennsylvania at 3,213 feet above sea level, Mount Davis commands a wide view of the Allegheny Mountains, made possible by an observation tower which reaches above the trees, itself...
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hatch Sticker Museum in Berlin, Germany
Opened in 2008 as an offshoot of globally-known sticker company hatch, the tiny Sticker Museum in Berlin is a based around one collectors personal assemblage of rare and unique street art stickers from...
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El Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico
The El Santuario de Chimayo is considered the most important pilgrimage site in the United States. Its popularity owes to the curative powers of the "Tierra Bendita" or "holy dirt" found in a small...
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Mount Rogers in Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
Wild ponies and an immaculate forest await hikers atop Mount Rogers, the highest point in Virginia at 5,729 feet above sea level.The mountain itself is named after William Barton Rogers, Virginia's...
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Ballhaus Riviera in Berlin, Germany
The deteriorating husk of the Ballhaus Riviera is all that remains of the once splendid dance halls which personified 1920's Berlin Grünau.On the banks of the Dahme River, the formerly regal dance hall...
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G.I. Joe in Oceanport, New Jersey
In the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Museum at Fort Monmouth, a hero is honored in all of his feathery glory after saving an entire village and 1,000 troops.A homing pigeon that served in the...
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Harry Jenning's Rat Pit of the Five Points in New York, New York
Bordering the southern boundaries of Chinatown, on the edge of what was once the infamous hive of poverty and villainy known as Five Points, there is a small, red brick house that was once home to one...
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Maharajah's Well in Stoke Row, England
Thanks to the kindness of both an Englishman and his Indian benefactor, the Maharajah's Well in Stoke Row, England provided both beauty and a much needed public water source to this historic English...
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The House of Dreams Museum in East Dulwich, London
Started in 1998, by the late artist Donald Jones and his surviving partner Stephen Wright, the House of Dreams Museum is home, art gallery, and personal record all displayed using the artist's far...
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Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon in Washington, District of Columbia
When the Europeans began settling down in the New World, billions of passenger pigeons flew in giant flocks up to a mile long, darkening the American sky with their passing. By 1929, they were all...
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Jaquet-Droz Automata in Neuchatel, Switzerland
Pierre Jaquet-Droz was an 18th century watchmaker who decided to build automata (animated dolls) as a marketing ploy to sell the watches and mechanical birds that were the real bread and butter of his...
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Gakutensoku in Osaka, Japan
Whether you refer to him as a robot or an example of automata, Gakutensoku was unquestionably a mechanical wonder. The first robot built in Japan, Gakutensoku came into being in Osaka, circa 1929, the...
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