Places colecathleen Wants to Go

Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

Over 100 lasers, including huge ones that look straight off a sci-fi set.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

A unique collection of Western and Japanese-style graves.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.