Places gigan15 Wants to Go

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A 30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World.

The statues honor the state transportation employees who've died while performing their work-related duties.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

World's largest Christmas store.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.