Places sloanwanderer Wants to Go

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

A rare underwater observatory in the Caribbean that provides breathtaking views of vibrantly colored aquatic life.

A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

This now-protected stone circle is an archeological mystery and a stellar viewpoint.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.