Places BlueGranite1 Wants to Go

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

One car at a time please.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Mine your own precious stones.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.