Places colecathleen Wants to Go

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.

The metal bird, nicknamed "Sandy," stands nearly 40 feet tall and is an homage to the birds that migrate through North Dakota every year.

Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

This coastal cavern is associated with the Hawaiian god of creation.