Places flblom Wants to Go

Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

A monument to the legacy of the man who created Spongebob Squarepants at the school where his passion for art and marine biology began.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wondrous state park.

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

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

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.