Places gherardini Wants to Go

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Touch this shamrock-shaped plaque dedicated to the longtime coach of the Boston Celtics for good luck

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A historic small-town ballpark that became the on-screen home of the Rockford Peaches in “A League of Their Own.”

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.