Places Catexboom Wants to Go

Once the home of a local newspaper, this small museum preserves the history of Beaver Island, from its Indigenous inhabitants to the arrival of a self-proclaimed king.

On a remote island in the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, a museum of collectibles collides with a vintage toy store.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

On a river island north of Bangkok, a small bar helped lead a home-brewing rebellion.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.