What is weird?

As you might guess, I get asked this a lot.

Weird, in my book,has two pre-requisites:

It’s about weird places, not weird people, weird food, or weird cultural practices. People or food may well factor in, but it’s something you can see, touch, and/or experience for yourself.
It’s legal and safe to enter. Lest this sound like a no-brainer, a few of my more adventurous friends are urban explorers – the sort that hop fences and risk arrest to say they’ve been there or to get the picture.

After those...