Places catieleary Wants to Go

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.