Places carofine Wants to Go

A monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.

This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

This colossal hiking boot, once built for a scout jamboree, serves as an observation tower and barbecue area.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

This beach in Senegal marks the westernmost point on the African continent.

A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.

This small, easily-overlooked sculpture recalls the first time Graz saw a live elephant.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.

This meticulously reconstructed early medieval settlement offers an immersive experience of daily life in an Anglo-Saxon community.

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.

This sculpture is an homage to one of the most important Jewish women in medieval England.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

Order the extra snappy, steamed hot dogs at this fourth-generation-run New England diner.

This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.

This old Soviet gas station is in perfect condition, one of the best-preserved mosaics in the country.

A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.