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Not Always For the 'Gram | Shops, Attractions, and Just Downright Neat Places to See Around the World
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items Travel off the beaten path and look to these neat places for memorable experiences and souvenirs.
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Cool Stuff in the US
Cool Stuff in Norway
Cool Stuff in the Netherlands
Cool Stuff in Germany
Cool Stuff in Scotland
Cool Stuff in Finland
Cool Stuff in the US
Funny little things to see in the US that aren't your average experience
I'd been dying to stay there since it opened, and took the plunge in 2022. It is SO retro cool, if you're a history nerd it's amazing!
TWA Hotel
This little museum began as a vintage toy collection that brought a couple together. Now it's a proper museum and shop and you've got to check it out and enjoy a trip down memory lane!
Museum of Nostalgia | Vintage Toy Museum | Toy Store | Astoria, New York
Cool Stuff in Norway
Off the beaten path in Norway
This was an absolutely stunning, deeply existential and thoughtful experience. A final resting place that vibrantly, yet contemplatively, celebrates life. A bit out of the way but worth seeing.
Emanuel Vigeland Museum - Oslo
An incredible decor shop with the coolest, most chic inventory. From classy to cleverly witty, you'll find some real gems here.
Heim Bryggen – HEIM Bryggen
An artisanal chocolate maker, their chocolate is stupid good. Buy the brunost bar in bulk and gift it to you friends, they will LOVE IT I promise.
Fjåk Chocolate - First bean to bar chocolate maker in Norway
Just spent an amazing hour here! While there’s a private sauna option, we enjoyed our time in the communal one making new sauna friends. The view of Ulriken was breathtaking and our saunamaster friendly and of course expert. If you can plunge into th...
Heit Sauna — Bergen
This was such a cool experience! I love vintage trains and trams, and my friend loves vintage cars, and we both like vintage office machines and printing stuff, so this was such a perfect afternoon activity in Bergen. Plus your €13 ticket includes a ...
Bergens Tekniske Museum
Cool Stuff in the Netherlands
There's more to the Netherlands beyond Amsterdam.
In a lovely old church, you'll find this medieval chained library, with books dating back to before the Protestant Reformation. Enjoy a beautiful walk through Zutphen to get to St. Walburgiskerk-worth looking at on its own!-and then enjoy the Librije...
Librije Zutphen
Explore toys throughout history in this super neat museum in the Hanseatic city of Deventer!
Speelgoedmuseum Deventer
A unique castle ruin, the only one in the whole country built on a natural, existing hilltop. It's one heck of a hike up to the top, but it's a really interesting piece of history!
Kasteel Valkenburg
Every year on the first Sunday in August, booksellers and publishers set up their stalls on a winding path through the Deventer city center--a six-mile booklover's paradise that cannot be missed!
Deventer Boekenmarkt
Cool Stuff in Germany
Fun things in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland!
Bochum is not the biggest town, but it's got STARLIGHT EXPRESS, two hours of people hurling themselves around a theater singing on rollerskates. It's the very best spectacle and I love it SO MUCH.
Starlight Express • Official Website
Bad Bentheim is a charming little town, and the Burg is such a cool thing to see, with preserved features, art exhibits, and just a lot of history for such a small place. Bonus: go at Christmastime! There's a Christmas market IN THE CASTLE, come on! ...
Bentheim Castle – your excursion destination in Lower Saxony
Hi hello have you ever dreamed of being able to go into a GIANT warehouse and buy a literal kilogram of your favorite Haribo Goldbear flavor? That was me in 2024 and I did indeed get a full kilo of clear pineapple Bears and regret nothing. Plus I got...
HARIBO Shops & Fabrikverkäufe
Cool Stuff in Scotland
Aye, sassenach, there's a fun time to be had here!
An amazing queer bookstore run by some very awesome people. It was really worth the day trip to Glasgow to meet them and see what they've built.
Category Is Books
Absolutely breathtaking, and do be sure to get the extra Glasshouses ticket, they cannot be missed!
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
I got the most AMAZING lemon loose tea here, I still dream of it! And it's such a cute shop too.
Cuttea Sark | Edinburgh
Cool Stuff in Finland
A very cool neighborhood, where every building project is obligated to include funding for artwork. The highlight is the Tapio Wirkkala Art Park, but just walking around the neighborhood is a grand experience.
Arabianranta in Helsinki, Uusimaa | Ask Anything
An incredible sauna experience, good and hot and you won't soon forget your dip in the ice-cold Baltic! And the attached restaurant has the best lohikeitto, you're welcome!
Löyly Helsinki
Sibelius is Finland's most important composer, with music that will move you to tears. Seeing this abstract monument dedicated to his memory is an awe-inspiring experience.
Sibelius Monument
Cool Stuff in Multiple Places
Stuff I like that you can find in many cities!
I have stayed multiple times in the LaRue location, and they were always so kind, quickly responsive, and each stay was a delight. The cabins are perfect, little tiny gems with everything you need for a weekend escape. I spent so many days holed up w...
Cabin Rentals & Glamping in the US | Postcard Cabins