Places bleachedrhodopsin Wants to Go

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The clock that sets them all.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.