Places Dana Wants to Go

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.