Claire Potter

Beijing's penis restaurant, Guo Li Zhuang, serves all manner of animal penis' and testicles, including bull, goat, dog, seal and sheep © www.glz.com.cn

Penis restaurant, Beijing

The horse’s is light and fatty, the yak’s is crunchy and the Canadian seal’s has to be ordered in advance. Apparently.

Everyone gets their own private 'room' at the Francis Tea Rooms in Scarborough © Francis Tea Rooms

Francis Tea Rooms, England

The 1930s hairdressers-turned-café where you get your own private room.

A multicoloured mouthful at cereal restaurant Cereality, in Virginia © Bob Page

Cereal restaurant, USA

Waiters in pyjamas, squashy sofas, cartoons on the box and hundreds of cereal concoctions.

Tolcarne Beach shacks © Claire Potter

Tolcarne Beach, England

Sleep so close to the sea so that the whoosh of the breaking waves fills your head and you dream your bed is floating on the water…

Japanese masks © Peter Roan

Yat-chan and Fuku-chan

Claire Potter gets a shock in a Japanese restaurant.

Cafe Irie © Claire Potter

Cafe Irie, England

Walking into this café feels a bit like you’ve tripped up and fallen down Alice’s rabbit hole.

Indoor caravan hotel, Hüttenpalast, Berlin, Germany © Hüttenpalast

Indoor caravan hotel, Berlin

Fancy a caravan holiday without having to worry about weather, damp or nasty chemical toilets? How about an indoor caravan site.

Yunessun Spa Resort Wine Bath, Japan © Horschmology

Bathe in wine, Japan

Bathing in water is so last year. Why not immerse yourself in a warm tub of red wine, coffee, sake, green tea or even…noodles?

Photo © Dietmar Tollerian

Sewage pipe hotel, Austria

Tramps aside, few would gladly bed down in a disused concrete sewage pipe. But slime, stench and rats are nowhere to be seen at this unique hotel.

Giraffe Manor, Kenya © Giraffe Manor

Giraffe Manor, Kenya

We’ve all experienced a dog begging for titbits at the table. But a giraffe…?

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