Places Britta Shoot Wants to Go

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

An homage to the humble watering can.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.