Places cait7911 Wants to Go

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

A collection of over 2000 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

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

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.