Places claireromama Wants to Go

A Norman-style castle, 1850s Irish cottage, and cultural center in the heart of Phoenix.

Ancient volcanic activity made this into an exciting rockhounding site.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel sits as a beacon in the Columbia River Gorge and is also said to be haunted.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.

Delve into the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, harbor town history, and a quiet seaside garden at this charming library.

The unlikely Art Deco shrine to marbrite, a vanished glass.

Celebrating the cultural heritage of Kansas’s premier cowtown.

Twelve towering statues once destined for Pécs Cathedral, now sheltering under arches.

Old signage above the doors of a church with an amusing backstory.

The Acropolis house that became Modern Greece’s first university.

A hidden fishing village on Sicily's Ionian coast, known for the legend of a shepherd, a nymph, and a jealous Cyclops.

Remains of a keep that was built shortly after the Norman conquest of England.

A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.

The renowned author spent 22 summers of his early life along the shore of Walloon Lake.

Kitschy nautical-themed bar has offered mermaid shows and underwater ballet since 1956.

The country’s largest collection of southwestern jewelry, along with contemporary Native American art.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

This clock in a village famous for toys gives a countdown to Christmas.

This ornate neo-Gothic mausoleum honors the man behind the Mercedes name—and the daughter who inspired it.

In 1907, writer Nikolaus Welter invented a fictitious Voodoo tradition around this statue of a reclining Christ — which has since become a reality.

In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

A roadside Statue of Liberty on the grounds of a manufacturing plant.

The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.