Bricks and mortar: The Reverend Brendan Powell Smith is a churchy Silicon Valley resident with the curious hobby of rendering Bible scenes in the medium of LEGO, from a naked Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to David slaying Goliath right through to the greatest approximation of da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” ever, made out of materials purchased at Wal-Mart. Okay, so the tone is kind of Jack Chick and Jesus is played by Obi-Wan Kenobi, but it’s better than Sunday school in July at www.thebricktestament.com.
Ickytourism: Believe it or not, there are creepier travel destinations than the washrooms at that club in New Jersey where you saw a hardcore show in the early ’90s. Try “a collection of 2,000 objects removed from people’s throats” in Philly, a witchcraft market in Mexico City, the catacombs of Paris and the radioactive wasteland that was the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl—some of concierge.com’s World’s Creepiest Places at www.concierge.com/ideas/parties/tour/detail?id=1563.
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