Places Elizabeth Gartley Wants to Go

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

It's 2 billion years old!

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.