Places moniquesofo Wants to Go

A sculpture of the largest owl in Australia.

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.