Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

Some of the ancient-looking huts among these strange rock formations aren't ancient at all, but built as part of a movie set.

One tree's homage to soles past and present.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

A local prank turned town icon.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.