Places claireromama Wants to Go

Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

An entire home filled with over 3,000 pieces of Santa memorabilia in glass cases, walls, on Christmas trees, and even in the bathroom.

Every winter, this former planetarium is transformed into a massive, brightly-lit Christmas ornament.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.