Places heidicgobble Wants to Go

Enjoy a brandy old fashioned with this petrified pet in a bar devoted to the local press.

Eastern Canada's ocean playground.

A walk along this white sand beach creates a symphony.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Thought to be Britain’s earliest purpose-built viewing station, this small hut frames a magical waterfall.

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Enjoy a flaming concoction steeped in steampunk, magic, and alchemy at this experimental cocktail bar.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.