Places Elizabeth Gartley Wants to Go

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

A reproduction of a giant humanoid "fossil," a hoax buried locally for construction crews to find and gain national attention.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.