Places stevacasey Wants to Go

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

Amazing collection of over 2,000 live birds from around the world, many of which are rare or endangered.

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.