Places aestheticsnafu Wants to Go

This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.