Places adventuress Wants to Go

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

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

Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.