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Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Police Museum

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.
jiblite Added by jiblite
Sequim, Washington

Dandelion Botanical Company

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.
meganmichelle Added by meganmichelle
Seattle, Washington

Hale's Palladium

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Centralia, Washington

RichArt's Art Yard

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.
bboas Added by bboas
Portland, Oregon

Woodstock Mystery Hole

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
Corbett, Oregon

Multnomah Falls

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
canuck Added by canuck
New Orleans, Louisiana

Odd Fellows Rest

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Osaka, Japan

Asahi Plaza Capsule Hotel

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.
Kergin Added by Kergin
Frewville, Australia

The Butterfly Room

Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Sydney, Australia

Gould's Book Arcade

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.
Bass, Australia

Giant Earthworm Museum

"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Melbourne, Australia

Old Melbourne Gaol

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.
Added by gracelisch
Takehara, Japan

Okunoshima

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.
PaperTiger Added by PaperTiger
Peach Springs, Arizona

Grand Canyon Caverns Underground Suite

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.
Added by zackofalltrades
Arco, Idaho

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Added by sideshowilly
Pocatello, Idaho

Museum of Clean

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.
Added by amandawatson
Blackfoot, Idaho

Idaho Potato Museum

This museum glorifies the humble potato.
Added by mreniche

Granite Peak

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.
thomasharper Added by thomasharper
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Added by madfishthepirate
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.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Micropia

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Added by labatteg
Melnik, Czechia

Melník Chapel of Bones

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Added by CPilgrim
Oak Park, Illinois

Ernest Hemingway Birthplace and Museum

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.
Gregory T Janetka Added by Gregory T Janetka
Harvey, Illinois

Dixie Square Mall

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.
btracy Added by btracy