Places mdstillman Wants to Go

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

An extended zoological collection that doubles as a time capsule.

The remains of a hospital that housed over 200 leprosy patients.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

The last remaining Shaker community still practices a uniquely communal and utopian version of Christianity.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

Both the cocktails and the dive bar vibes are immaculate at this Mid-City watering hole.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.

Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.

The heart of Little Saigon in Orange County is also the first and largest Vietnamese shopping center in the U.S.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

An enigmatic concrete structure in a lakeside Toronto park raises more questions than answers.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

This town hosts 170 pieces of public art, including giant irises, flying saucers, and, famously, hippos.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects