Most of the time, average travelers look over the best places to visit, especially if they rely on the tourist maps sold at airport gift shops. Those maps are usually out of date, presenting only the popular and common sights to see. It is extremely exciting to penetrate inside a culture’s wacky vibe, know its alternative views on pop culture and get infused through an out-of-this-world traveling experience. If you’re looking for alternative scenic fixes, here’s a special treat for your wandering eyes and footsies:

1. Octopied Building, France.  After you visit the Eiffel Tower and The Louvre, you might want to take a peek at this visually entertaining structure that lies in the heart of France. Made by artist FilthyLuker, he says that in his mind,  Cthulhu lies inside the building, dreaming. If you love reading the H.P. Lovecraft’s tale about this mythos, then this site should definitely be included in your tourist list. Visit Paris for free!

2. The Spoonbridge and Cherry, Walker Center of Art, Minneapolis. Made by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, this gigantic spoon resting on a soft field of grass is the celebratory piece of the Center’s Sculpture Garden 20th anniversary. Not only is it massively attractive, the cherry adds the drama needed for countless photo ops you might want to take part of.

3. Dinner in the Sky, Toronto. There’s more to life than a super spicy chicken neck paired with cinnamon slushees, If you’re up for a wild dining set-up, Toronto’s 115 feet-high dinner table awaits you. Balancing your meal in the suspended glass room isn’t the only thrill, you’ll also get to see highly-skilled waiters serving champagne in acrobat-like flexibility. Remember to bring extra wipes or napkins once you visit the Dinner in the Sky, something tells me eating the tomato soup won’t be very tidy at all. If you want to have that unusually thrilling tour to Toronto for free, click here.

4. Kingman Reef, Pacific Atolls and Islands. Are you tired of the usual crayon fish-infested reefs that you see everyday in the Discovery Channel? Ecologist Enric Sala found this 500-year-old giant lobe coral in the Kingman Reef that has been said to harbor the size of Manhattan City. Not only is it a beauty to look at, it is also shaped like a flying saucer! He described it to be “a glittering city of staghorn, mushroom, pillar, and plate corals packed so tightly together there is hardly a patch of bare sand making it a true underwater Eden”. You might be surprised to find Spongebob, Flipper or Ariel somewhere in there, I heard they were all off to see this majestic reef to hunt for crabs and shrimp.

5. Fight Club, Union Square, New York. I know we’re not supposed to “talk about it”, but Chuck Palahniuk’s  novel Fight Club was sensationalized after the release of its movie adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, but little do others know that Fight Club is for real! The urban youth inspired by Fight Club’s theme is ongoing in (mostly) clandestine locations around town, but in Union Square, it’s free entertainment. Picture yourself watching a live UFC match, only with hipsters and all sorts of young people as the players. You might even see a emo guy show-off his teary dragon kick and suicide jabs too. New York may be an expensive city, but you can always fly there for free.