Places EFS Wants to Go

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

One Pittsburgh musician's decades-in-the-making memorabilia collection is on display at this rock-n-roll curio shop.