Catlas Obscura

AKA The Cat Lady’s Bucket List

51 Places

Ishinomaki, Japan

Cat Island

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Added by meredith

Los Gatos, California

The Cats

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

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Added by ChristinaRoo

Manchester, New Hampshire

Cat Alley

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

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Rosamond, California

The Cat House

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

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Cincinnati, Ohio

Lucky Cat Museum

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Added by Lucky Cat Museum

New Taipei City, Taiwan

Houtong Cat Village

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Added by whtntng

New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Cat Statues of York

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Added by Dreyski

Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Moscow Cats Theatre

Russia is home to a feline-based circus which has been accused of animal cruelty.

Added by zackofalltrades

Kuching, Malaysia

Kuching Cat Museum

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

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Seattle, Washington

Seattle Meowtropolitan Cat Café

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Added by offwithyourtv

Los Angeles, California

Room 8 the Cat Mural

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

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Black Cat of Riga

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

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London, England

Monument to Hodge the Cat

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Brooklyn, New York

Commercial Street Cat Village

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

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Added by kastoory

Mahabalipuram, India

Tiger Cave

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

Udimalla, India

Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Gorongosa, Mozambique

The Lion House

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

Added by meganodonnell

Kea Kithnos, Greece

Lion of Kea

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

Added by mdschill

Strängnäs, Sweden

The Lion of Gripsholm Castle

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Lion of The Botanical Gardens

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Laetitia Barbier

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Mikonos, Greece

Terrace of the Lions

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

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Belfort, France

The Lion of Belfort

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

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Chicago, Illinois

Tsavo Man Eaters

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Memphis, Tennessee

House of Mews

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Added by ERooker0126

Tipoo's Tiger

A delightful crank-operated pipe organ depicts a tiger calmly devouring a hapless colonial.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Mike the Tiger

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

Allison

Added by Allison

Cat's Museum and Indoor Zoo

This museum contains more than 4,000 poems about cats, thousands of cat-related items.

Yarmouth, Massachusetts

The Edward Gorey House

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Wellington, New Zealand

Mrs. Chippy Monument

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

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Saint Andrews, Scotland

Hamish McHamish Statue

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Kinokawa, Japan

Kishi Station

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Allison

Added by Allison

Cat Park - Parque El Gato De Tejada

A park with one large cat sculpture and 15 smaller ones, all painted by different Colombian artists.

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Key West, Florida

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Valencia, Spain

Cat House

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

Added by kowalski

Amsterdam, Netherlands

KattenKabinet

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Added by duncanchappell

St. Augustine, Florida

Sacred Cat Rug

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

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St. Augustine, Florida

Sir Winston Churchill's Lion 'Rota'

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

De Poezenboot (The Cat Boat)

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

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Added by catobsessedanne

Akrotiri, Cyprus

Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas of the Cats

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Cheetah Outreach

This big cat sanctuary allows visitors a face-to-face encounter with some of South Africa's rarest creatures.

Metallicar

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Sylva, North Carolina

American Museum of the House Cat

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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Cat Museum

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Kotor, Montenegro

Cats Museum

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

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Added by annecayer

Catskill, New York

Catamount People's Museum

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

Added by kgibsone

Zebulon, North Carolina

Mercury Cougar

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

Motorcat

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Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.