Singapore’s fascinating Peranakan Museum, housed in a former Colonial boys’ school, explores the culture of descendants of Chinese and Indian Colonial traders who married indigenous women. The Malay term “peranakan,” which means “locally born,”...

Arguably the most spectacular new venue in Melbourne, Australia, is the Melbourne Recital Centre, which opened last year. Built primarily for concerts, the building houses the 1,000-seat Elisabeth Murdoch Hall as well as several intimate rooms and...

The Hôtel de Glace, or Ice Hotel, just 30 miles from Québec City, offers 36 rooms and suites that can accommodate 88 people per night in icy splendor. The hotel, which is made entirely out of 15,000 tons of snow and 500 tons of ice, offers an Ice...

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Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, designed by I. M. Pei, features guitars from the greats, and all other imaginable pieces of rock-and-roll memorabilia. The entire museum, with its seven floors of exhibit space, can be rented for...

The International Museum of Surgical Science, minutes away from downtown Chicago, offers an elegant setting—with lovely views of Lake Michigan—for lectures, meetings, receptions, and dinners for as many as 200 guests. Architectural highlights...