Places claireromama Wants to Go

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

Constructed in 1892, this Hinesville jail is now an art gallery.

Some of the secrets of human origin are revealed at this museum.

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

Take a trip back in time at this retro cinema dating back to 1954.

On a remote island in the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, a museum of collectibles collides with a vintage toy store.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

An impressive Sasquatch statue marks the spot of a fated Bigfoot encounter that changed a community.

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

A shrine to a 19th-century femicide victim turned miracle worker.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

Crystal clear, drinkable mountain spring water by the side of the road.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

Hidden away among the quiet streets of Beverly Hills, this small park is a haven for walkers and wildlife.