Places Edited by Anna Minster

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Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

The last standing puppet theater on Long Island.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

The mysterious image is believed to show Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, in a beautiful blue dress.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.