Places blueheron28 Wants to Go

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.