Places claireromama Wants to Go

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

Lurking among the classical architecture, rose gardens, and art of this historic country house—a crocodile in a bathtub.

You can still walk across this beautiful medieval bridge in Andorra.

The first woman in the United States to get a driver's license is buried here.

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

This mural pays tribute to Atlanta natives and hip hop legends Andre 3000 and Big Boi, better known as OutKast.

Nicknamed the 'Minnehaha Bunny,' this bronze sculpture is nine feet long and weighs 1,500 pounds.

A dragon-shaped fountain that is said to dispense healing water—unless you're evil.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

One of the very few mosques built by the Ottomans still standing in Croatia is now a Catholic church.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

Since 1969, this restaurant has served up dishes typical of Istanbul's Greek diaspora.

A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.