Places claireromama Wants to Go

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

One of the two USPS mailboats left in service docks regularly at Weirs Beach, Bear Island, and other Lake Winnipesaukee islands to deliver their mail.

A uniquely preserved neo-Gothic church that is now home to a collection of art and woodcarvings.

An Art Deco Icarus statue adorns this abandoned gem of Yugoslav Modernist architecture.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

Below the altar in Saint-Willibrord Basilica rests the mortal remains of Luxembourg's patron saint.

At night, this memorial illuminates a ghostly outline of a footbridge that connected two sections of the Warsaw Ghetto.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.