Places ArtFille Wants to Go

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.