Places claireromama Wants to Go

A cobalt-lit cemetery statue that has inspired decades of local legends.

Vienna’s most overlooked celebrity is a Disney star.

This statue commemorates the tale of the fisherman who captured a Kópakonan by stealing her skin while she was transformed as a woman.

A cocktail lounge decorated like an American dive bar, in honor of the legendary author Ernest Hemingway.

Deep in the Swedish forest hides a forgotten water-powered carousel.

A real haunted house with an extensive history going back to 1893.

A recreation of the bar from the classic 1942 movie “Casablanca.”

Stand astride the International Date Line in Fiji, with one foot in two different days.

Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.

An incredible natural formation along the Wild Atlantic Way.

The diversity of the state of Oaxaca is represented in this fountain.

Retro-futuristic contraptions made from recycled materials near a Brazilian resort town.

A delightful Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale experience, not far off the interstate.

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

This isolated village has Hollywood fame and a church with underground structures that date to the pre-Christian period.

An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.

The site of Minnesota’s worst mining disaster, now reclaimed by nature.

This towering sweet treat is big enough to share... with an entire city.

Memorial full of frescoes, in the middle of nowhere.

The last surviving video rental shop in Tallahassee doubles as a cult cinema and community hub.

A colossal watermelon slice celebrating Muscatine’s sweet agricultural heritage.

A candle shop hiding a haunted basement once used as a monkey research lab.

A hidden pet cemetery honors the generations of canine companions from one of Pittsburgh's most famous estates.